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Good to see that the search for a table top synchrotron has finally yielded fruit as this could pave the way for cheaper research as lots of experiments require
by MisterTea 2y ago
Good to see that the search for a table top synchrotron has finally yielded fruit as this could pave the way for cheaper research as lots of experiments require high brightness hard x-rays.
Going back I had the opportunity to take two tours of the NSLS at Brookhaven Labs when it was still in operation. I was a bit intrigued by the idea of synchrotron radiation and was wondering if this could be scaled down to a small room sized machine or table top. Indeed - there were attempts but non that were successful at that point - likely around 2008 - 2010.
- nonrandomstring 2y agoMedical tricorders in every doctors surgery? (Or are "hard" x-rays the wrong thing?)
- maxerickson 2y agoDental and bone x-rays appear to require hard x-rays. I believe the novelty here is that the produced x-rays are in a tight range of wavelengths, and that the range can be adjusted.
- MisterTea 2y agoIt's high brightness compared to x-rays generated by ramming ~60 kV electrons into a metal target, like tungsten.