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    Invention could make Particle Accelerators 10 times Smaller

    September 29, 2020, Categories  Physics

    Terahertz acclerator structure
    SLAC scientists have invented a copper accelerator structure that could make future X-ray lasers and accelerators for radiation therapy more compact. It feeds terahertz radiation into a tiny cavity to boost particles to tremendous energies. This image shows one half of the structure with the cavity in the circled area. Inset: Scanning electron microscope image of a section of the cavity, which is 3.5 millimeters long and 280 microns wide at its narrowest point. (Chris Pearson/Emilio Nanni/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

    It uses terahertz radiation to power a miniscule copper accelerator structure...

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