As reported recently in this publication in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, researchers at ATAP have used a laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) to develop a compact source of high-energy, collimated muons using a laser-plasma accelerator. The research has enabled the properties of a collimated beam of muons to be analyzed and could serve as a source of highly penetrating particles for compact imaging applications. The technique could lay the foundations for a powerful new imaging method that surpasses the capabilities of current electron, X-ray, gamma-ray, and proton imaging technologies.
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- Portable source could produce high-energy muon beams
November 3, 2025 / Isabelle Dumé / Physics World - Directional Muon Beam Shows Potential for Advanced Imaging Technique
Oct 16, 2025 / Carl A. Williams / ATAP News - Measurement of directional muon beams generated at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator
October 8, 2025 / Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Authors: Davide Terzani, Stanimir Kisyov, Stephen Greenberg, Luc Le Pottier, Maria Mironova, Alex Picksley, Joshua Stackhouse, Hai-En Tsai, Raymond Li, Ela Rockafellow, Bo Miao, Jaron E. Shrock, Timon Heim, Maurice Garcia-Sciveres, Carlo Benedetti, John Valentine, Howard M. Milchberg, Kei Nakamura, Anthony J. Gonsalves, Jeroen van Tilborg, Carl B. Schroeder, Eric Esarey, and Cameron G. R. Geddes
