Linear Accelerator
Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory are investigating how lasers can be used to create plasma -- neutral mixtures of positive ions and negative electrons -- from different materials. They hope to use this plasma to create higher current particle beams. This efficient, simpler method of producing particle beams might be used for cancer therapy, to develop new energy sources, or in synchrotrons.
Linear Accelerator
Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory are investigating how lasers can be used to create plasma -- neutral mixtures of positive ions and negative electrons -- from different materials. They hope to use this plasma to create higher current particle beams. This efficient, simpler method of producing particle beams might be used for cancer therapy, to develop new energy sources, or in synchrotrons.