Popular Science – World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Super-Heats Aluminum Foil to 3.6 Million Degrees
Popular Science – World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Super-Heats Aluminum Foil to 3.6 Million Degrees
By Rebecca Boyle | 01.25.2012 at 2:54 pm
Creating and observing super-hot solid plasma could lead to a greater understanding of fusion processes
In two separate studies, the world’s most powerful X-ray laser has been used to build the first atomic X-ray laser pulse, as well as to superheat and control a clump of 2-million-degree matter. The atomic laser could be used to watch biological molecules at work, while the creation of hot dense matter could be used to understand the processes of nuclear fusion.
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