Building compact particle accelerators: Bunching electrons can get more done
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 10:00
in Physics & Chemistry
In the world of particle accelerators, laser wakefield devices are the small, but mighty upstarts. The machines can accelerate electrons to near the speed of light using a fraction of the distance required by conventional particle accelerators. However, the electrons are not all uniformly accelerated and beams with a mix of faster (higher energy) and slower (lower energy) particles are less practical.