"The accelerator we use is a new type called a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator which uses high power lasers and ionised gas to accelerate charged particles to very high energies - thus shrinking a conventional accelerator, which is 100m long, to one which fits in the palm of your hand."
Can a gamma ray gun be far off?............
To: Red Badger
Scientists? I’m STILL waiting for my flying car! Priorities, Please! :)
2 posted on
09/19/2011 11:35:53 AM PDT by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Red Badger
Now, if they could turn that Gamma ray pulse into a Gamma Ray pulse LASER, THAT would be some weapon system.........
5 posted on
09/19/2011 11:43:45 AM PDT by
roaddog727
(It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
To: Red Badger
Usually to make gamma rays you have to use radiactive elements, sounds like they use a laser to pump energy into a gas which then releases gamma rays, neato!
6 posted on
09/19/2011 11:45:06 AM PDT by
GraceG
To: Red Badger
The ray could have several uses...
Yeah, like cooking your Thanksgiving turkey in 6.4 seconds...!!
Really dudn’t sound like something I want my neighbor to start playin with!!!
9 posted on
09/19/2011 11:51:53 AM PDT by
djf
(Buncha sheep: A flock.. Buncha cows: A herd.. Buncha fish: A school.. Buncha baboons: A Congress..)
To: Red Badger
Dr. David Banner can tell you this ends badly.
10 posted on
09/19/2011 11:51:57 AM PDT by
WOBBLY BOB
(See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
To: Red Badger
The ray could have several uses, such as in medical imaging, radiotherapy and radioisotope production for PET (positron emission tomography) scanning. This is new to me. What nuclear reaction produces radio isotopes using gamma rays.
If I recall my high school physics correctly you have to add a neutron to make a new isotope.
How can a gamma ray do that?
13 posted on
09/19/2011 11:57:00 AM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Red Badger
Intersting, maybe they can figure out a way to make new light bulbs.
Then we could save the earth. /extreme sarcasm
14 posted on
09/19/2011 11:57:50 AM PDT by
ken in texas
(Can't Afford a Tagline... send money.)
To: Red Badger
18 posted on
09/19/2011 12:10:17 PM PDT by
montyspython
(This thread needs more cowbell)
To: Red Badger
These people treated with this technology will become The Incredible Hulk....we must shut down this dangerous research.
20 posted on
09/19/2011 12:21:38 PM PDT by
dila813
To: Red Badger
Getting belted by gamma rays is serious business, and should never be attempted without proper supervision.
To: Red Badger
Physicists have discovered that ultra-short duration laser pulses can interact with ionised gas to give off beams that are so intense they can pass through 20 cm of lead and would take 1.5 m of concrete to be completely absorbed.
The ray could have several uses, such as at airport security checkpoints and scanning trucks traveling down the highways for contraband.
There, fixed it.
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