Antimatter catches a wave: Accelerating positrons with plasma is a step toward smaller, cheaper particle colliders
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
A study led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los Angeles has demonstrated a new, efficient way to accelerate positrons, the antimatter opposites of electrons. The method may help boost the energy and shrink the size of future linear particle colliders - powerful accelerators that could be used to unravel the properties of nature's fundamental building blocks.