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Tiny Particle Accelerator Is Millions of Times Smaller Than CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
- Scientists have activated the smallest particle accelerator ever built, roughly the size of a coin, paving the way for portable, cost-effective accelerators with exciting applications in medicine and physics.
- Traditional particle accelerators use large metal structures and radio-frequency waves, limiting size and increasing costs.
- A new approach involves dielectric materials with stronger optical fields, allowing higher acceleration rates in smaller spaces.
- The dielectric laser accelerator (DLA) achieves 100 times higher acceleration rates using nanophotonic structures.
- The nanophotonic device is 54 million times smaller than current particle accelerators, confining particles within a narrow channel for efficient acceleration.
- Researchers successfully demonstrated the nanophotonic electron accelerator by increasing electron energy from 28.4 keV to 40.7 keV.
- The miniature accelerator relies on laser beams to accelerate particles and has potential applications in precise radiotherapy for cancer treatment.
- The NEA's success marks a milestone in accelerator physics, offering new possibilities in medical treatment and scientific research.
- Miniaturized accelerators could revolutionize fields like medicine, materials science, and electronics by enabling advanced imaging and nanoscale matter studies.
- As technology advances, nanophotonic accelerators will continue to reshape scientific and medical fields, emphasizing the trend toward smaller, more accessible high-energy machines.
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