Laser technique enables powerful smaller particle accelerators

Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 06, 2020

By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to unlock clues about the particles that make up our universe. Accelerating electrons to such high energies in a laboratory setting, however, is challenging: typically, the more energetic the electrons, the bigger the particle accelerator. For instance, to discover the Higgs boson - the recent