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A new generation of undulator magnets

| 13 January 2011

Lately, scientific communities are in need of higher-energy light particles. To do this, scientists are extending the existing technology of undulator magnets, or undulators. The device uses magnets to wiggle a particle beam into giving up light, which can then be used for a whole host of scientific applications. “Undulators are specialised beasts,” said Elizabeth […]