This animation shows the proposed design of a future device for X-ray therapy, which researchers hope will be able to deliver radiation powerful enough to blast cancer cells in under a second instead of minutes. The project, called PHASER (pluridirectional high-energy agile scanning electron radiotherapy), relies on novel high-power accelerator structures (shown in bronze) under development at SLAC.
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A prototype section of the proposed Cool Cooper Collider beam tunnel.
A prototype section of the proposed Cool Cooper Collider beam tunnel.
Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray...
With help from two small businesses, SLAC’s vintage ACE3P software is spreading its wings to make supercomputing easier and faster.
