{"id":191924,"date":"2024-06-27T02:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T07:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/researchers-capture-detailed-picture-of-electron-acceleration-in-one-shot"},"modified":"2024-06-27T02:27:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T07:27:52","slug":"researchers-capture-detailed-picture-of-electron-acceleration-in-one-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/researchers-capture-detailed-picture-of-electron-acceleration-in-one-shot","title":{"rendered":"Researchers capture detailed picture of electron acceleration in one shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-capture-detailed-picture-of-electron-acceleration-in-one-shot2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adjusting experimental methods achieved the first \u201csingle-shot\u201d diagnosis of electron acceleration through a laser wakefield accelerator along a curved trajectory, according to a recent study led by University of Michigan researchers. The findings are <a href=\"https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.132.225001\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Physical Review Letters.<\/p>\n<p>This optical-based technique could help engineers develop more powerful electron accelerators for fundamental studies of quantum and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/particle+physics\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">particle physics <\/a>\u2014or more compact accelerators for use in medicine and industry.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to traditional accelerators which can be kilometers long, laser wakefield accelerators can apply 1,000 times more energy per meter, allowing a vastly more compact design able to fit into a large room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adjusting experimental methods achieved the first \u201csingle-shot\u201d diagnosis of electron acceleration through a laser wakefield accelerator along a curved trajectory, according to a recent study led by University of Michigan researchers. The findings are published in the journal Physical Review Letters. This optical-based technique could help engineers develop more powerful electron accelerators for fundamental studies [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}