https://home.cern/about/updates/2018/08 ... -electrons
Interview with Edda Gschwendtner, Technical Coordinator and CERN Project Leader
AWAKE successfully accelerates electrons using plasma wakefield acceleration
Re: AWAKE successfully accelerates electrons using plasma wakefield acceleration
Now that is a quick way to accelerate an electron. Does any of you know if this trick also works for protons?
I guess the hard part is to make a plasma wave of something heavy enough to drive them...
I guess the hard part is to make a plasma wave of something heavy enough to drive them...
- Tau