X-ray laser takes aim at cosmic mystery
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 13:00
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists have used powerful X-rays from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, to study and measure, in atomic detail, a key process at work in extreme plasmas like those found in stars, the rims of black holes and other massive cosmic phenomena.