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Plasma-surfing machine brings mini-accelerators closer

Surfing 'wakefield' waves boosts electron energies over short distances.

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Gibney, E. Plasma-surfing machine brings mini-accelerators closer. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.16289

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