This is a representation of a particle beam traveling through an accelerator.
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Aalayah Spencer inside the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.
Aalayah Spencer inside the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.
At left is physicist Dorian Bohler. Staff gathered in Bldg 52’s main control room on October 6, 2022 in anticipating seeing the first electrons...
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