Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Using Ultrafast Laser, ‘Mini’ Particle Accelerator Sets New Energy Record

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/02/2019

Smaller accelerators will be more affordable. In the hands...

Simulation of a few-femtosecond electron bunch trapped in a laser-excited plasma wakefield. Caption & Source: DESY

First Demo that Some Future Particle Accelerators May Be 100x Smaller

Vasudevan Mukunth 24/03/2016

American physicists have validated the idea that two tabletop...