Experts say it’s going to take “X-ray science to the next level”
You might have gotten an X-ray at the dentist’s or after a broken bone before—but that was child’s play compared to what they have at Menlo Park, California.
Nestled underground beneath Stanford University is the Linac Coherent Light Source , a powerful X-ray laser managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Since 2009, the particle accelerator has given scientists an unprecedented look at the molecular and atomic structure of matter by shooting electrons through a copper pipe and generating 120 X-ray pulses per second. It’s often considered theSLAC is in the final stages of the LCLS-II upgrade project.
“Unlike the copper accelerator powering LCLS, which operates at ambient temperature, the LCLS-II superconducting accelerator operates at 2 kelvins, only about 4 degrees Fahrenheit above absolute zero, the lowest possible temperature,” Eric Fauve, director of the Cryogenic Division at SLAC,. This would mean that parts of the X-ray laser would be colder than most of outer space and the universe.
To hit the incredibly cold temperatures needed for superconductivity, the team outfitted the LCLS-II with two helium cryoplants, which cools helium gas down to its liquid phase a few degrees above absolute zero. This is similar to the
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