Solving Big Problems With Small Accelerators: From Colliders to Medical Devices Based on Laser Plasma Accelerators

Dr. Wim Leemans
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Darwin 103
3:00 PM

Dr. Wim Leemans of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will discuss the progress on building laser powered, plasma based particle accelerators where electrons surf on waves and can reach energy levels in a few inches that would conventionally require machines multiple football fields long. Although many challenges remain, this new technology is at the brink of offering a profoundly different way to build futureparticle colliders or medical devices.

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