Argonne physicists create landmark accelerator gradient

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Accelerator physicists Manoel Conde Zikri Yusof Richard Konecny and Felipe Franchini stand by the copper-based Argonne Wakefield Accelerator. The wakefield group recently broke the 100 MVm benchmark for the strength of accelerating gradients by subs ...
Accelerator physicists Manoel Conde, Zikri Yusof, Richard Konecny and Felipe Franchini stand by the copper-based Argonne Wakefield Accelerator. The wakefield group recently broke the 100 MV/m benchmark for the strength of accelerating gradients by substituting an insulating dielectric for copper.

The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Group (AWA) works on particle accelerators in much the same way that horsepower junkies work on muscle cars. Although their research doesn't involve turbochargers, stall torque converters or cat back exhaust systems, the AWA group obsesses over the power of their machine.


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