Experimental Mini-Accelerator Achieves Record Energy (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Experimental Mini-Accelerator Achieves Record Energy

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The two-stage miniature accelerator is operated with terahertz radiation (shown here in red). In a first step (left) the electron bunches (shown in blue) are compressed, in a second step (right) they are accelerated. The two individual elements are each about two centimeters wide.

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DESY, Gesine Born

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