UMD discovery could enable portable particle accelerators

UMD discovery could enable portable particle accelerators
College Park MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2015 - Conventional particle accelerators are typically big machines that occupy a lot of space. Even at more modest energies, such as that used for cancer therapy and medical imaging, accelerators need large rooms to accommodate the required hardware, power supplies and radiation shielding. A new discovery by physicists at the University of Maryland could hold the key to the construction of inex ... more

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