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Breakthrough: Low-Energy Lasers Generate Protons at 1,000/sec

5/17/2025

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Researchers at TIFR Hyderabad have made a groundbreaking advancement by harnessing low-energy lasers to generate Megavolt energy protons at an impressive rate of a thousand times per second. This innovative technique, which uses pre-pulses to form low-density plasma, enables efficient proton acceleration, opening doors for compact ion accelerators in university laboratories.

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Researchers at TIFR Hyderabad have made a groundbreaking advancement by harnessing low-energy lasers to generate Megavolt energy protons at an impressive rate of a thousand times per second. This innovative technique, which uses pre-pulses to form low-density plasma, enables efficient proton acceleration, opening doors for compact ion accelerators in university laboratories.