A novel scheme for increasing the number of collisions in particle accelerators has boosted the performance of the world’s highest-energy collider and promises to rev up others.
HOT HOOPS. High-voltage tubes shown encircling this electron accelerator drive cooling electrons downward to join with antiprotons in the world’s highest-energy particle collider.
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