Completed Berkeley Lab accelerator uses key part designed and delivered by PPPL

Photography by Roy Kaltschmidt at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The unique heavy-ion beam accelerator employs a plasma source created by PPPL physicist Erik Gilson. The source produces electrons that neutralize the charged particle beam to keep it tightly focused before it enters the target chamber. Read more...
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