Viewpoint: Shooting Ahead with Wakefield Acceleration
APS Physics - Mon 25 Feb 19Author(s): Florian GrünerA method for accelerating particles, called wakefield acceleration, has notched up its output energy, bringing it closer to its goal of shrinking the size of accelerator ...
Laser 'drill' sets a new world record in laser-driven electron acceleration
Phys.org - Mon 25 Feb 19Combining a first laser pulse to heat up and "drill" through a plasma, and another to accelerate electrons to incredibly high energies in just tens of centimeters, scientists have nearly doubled ...
Physicists set world record in tabletop plasma acceleration with laser drill
Ars Technica - Wed 27 Feb 19Laser pulses make like a speedboat, churning up wakes that electrons can "surf."
Laser drill leads to world record in plasma acceleration
SpaceDaily - Mon 4 Mar 19Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Feb 28, 2019 Using a laser to drill through a plasma, scientists working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US have set a new world record for plasma ...
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