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Plans for a laser-driven gamma-ray beam are unveiled by physicists

11 May 2016 Hamish Johnston
Image from a computer simulation showing an intense laser pulse as it travels in plastic
Laser focused: simulation of gamma rays being produced by accelerated electrons. (Courtesy: D J Stark et al./Physical Review Letters)
A collimated beam of gamma-ray photons could be created by firing intense laser pulses into a specia

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