Producing Cold Electron Beams to Increase Collision Rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Accelerated ion beams heat up. This causes a problem for physicists trying to get the particles to collide. So physicists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a nuclear physics research facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory, are exploring ways to cool the beams and keep their particles tightly packed.