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Title: Accelerator on a Chip: How It Works

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OSTI ID:1137095

In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology in a nanostructured glass chip smaller than a grain of rice.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1137095
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English