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At SLAC, scientists are able to use a “camera” that employs an X-ray laser to capture particle motions and chemical reactions with time resolutions in the femtosecond range.
SLAC scientists study catalysts, materials that can affect chemical reactions without themselves being changed, which are critical to future energy technologies.
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First Look at Liquids Getting Vaporized By the World's Brightest X-ray Laser
First Look at Liquids Getting Vaporized By the World's Brightest X-ray Laser
September 29, 2023
Researchers have recorded the first movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world’s brightest X-ray laser. The movies reveal new details that could lead to better and novel experiments at X-ray lasers.
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