同步加速器作为中美洲和加勒比地区科学发展的加速器
A Synchrotron as Accelerator of Science Development in Central America and the Caribbean
AI总结：
本文提出在中美洲和加勒比地区建设区域性同步加速器，借鉴SESAME等南南合作经验，以大型科学设施驱动区域科技发展、创新和社会福祉。
摘要：
中美洲和加勒比地区（CAC）需要通过需要强有力区域合作的雄心勃勃的项目来推动科学发展。可以从面临类似问题的地区的倡议中汲取灵感。瓶颈在于公共研究中心稀缺，私立大学的研究很少或根本没有。一个有趣的提议是创建多米尼加“硅滩”。“中美洲科学技术基金”应聚焦于能够吸引非学术部门注意力的目标，首先是政策制定者，也包括整个公民社会。SESAME（“中东实验科学与应用同步加速器光源”）的成功经验提供了一个有趣的反思基础，因为它允许科学研究以及短期的实际和社会应用。现有60多台同步加速器中只有两台位于拉丁美洲，且都在巴西。与南方其他类似项目（如非洲光源AFLS）一起，并在SESAME、LNLS和南方其他同步加速器的支持下，这可能会促成有意义的南南合作，并可能得到欧盟或美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的支持。正如David Gross所提醒的，科学驱动技术，技术驱动创新，这最终会带来社会福祉。一台区域性同步加速器可能是使这一目标在大加勒比地区成为现实的途径，成为该地区第一个大型区域设施的历史性范例。
英文摘要：
Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) need science development efforts through ambitious projects that require strong regional collaboration. Inspiration can be drawn from initiatives in regions with similar problems. The bottleneck is the scarcity of public research centers and little or no research in private universities. An interesting proposal is the creation of a Dominican "Silicon Beach". The "Central American Science and Technology Fund" should focus on objectives capable of attracting the attention of the non-academic sector, first and foremost policy makers, but also civil society in general. The successful experience of SESAME (" Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in Middle East ") offers an interesting basis for reflection, as it allows scientific research and short-term practical and social applications. Only two of the more than 60 existing synchrotrons are in Latin America, both in Brazil. Together with other similar projects in the South, such as the African Light Source (AFLS), and with the support of SESAME, LNLS and other synchrotrons in the South, it could lead to interesting South-South cooperation, which could be supported by the European Union or the NSF.As David Gross reminded, Science drives Technology, Technology drives Innovation, and this ends up in the welfare of society. A regional synchrotron may be the way to make this a reality in the Great Caribbean Region, as a first historical example of a large regional facility there.
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