In experiments so far, the mechanisms of ion acceleration can be classified ... either within the plasma itself, in a counterpropagating laser beam or in a permanent magnet undulator.

A plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) can be thought of as an energy transformer: one source of energy (e.g. a laser pulse or an electron beam) is used to drive a plasma wave, and that energy is ...

The new project, which will bring together researchers who have a common interest in biosensing, stems from a previous project that was broader in scope and aimed at advancing accelerator-based ion ...

The Ion Beam Breeding Group is developing tailor-made breeding techniques by adjusting the species, speed, and number of heavy ions to match the gene size to be mutated while maintaining a high ...

The Nishina Center operates the RI Beam Factory (RIBF), the world's highest performing heavy ion accelerator facility where radioisotopes that do not exist in nature are artificially created. The ...

and harden metal, ceramic and glass finishes. Ion implanters can also improve the reliability of materials used for medical implants. There are almost 10 000 electron beam accelerators in operation ...

Once a year, the Large Hadron Collider smashes lead ions. But how do scientists get a heavy metal into a particle accelerator ...

Accelerator physicists ... to pack more lead ions in a beam for collisions that result in more physics data. The ALICE experiment at CERN is dedicated to heavy-ion physics at the LHC.