High-Energy Positron Acceleration (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

High-Energy Positron Acceleration

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Simulation of high-energy positron acceleration in an ionized gas, or plasma -- a new method that could help power next-generation particle colliders. The image shows the formation of a high-density plasma (green/orange color) around a positron beam moving from the bottom right to the top left. Plasma electrons pass by the positron beam on wave-like trajectories (lines)

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W. An/UCLA

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