Laser-plasma accelerators ride on Einstein's shoulders
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 11:07
in Astronomy & Space
Using Einstein's theory of special relativity to speedup computer simulations, scientists have designed laser-plasma accelerators with energies of 10 billion electron volts (GeV) and beyond. These systems, which have not been simulated in detail until now, could in the future serve as a compact new technology for particle colliders and...