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of the ALPHA-X Project

A Laser Wakefield Accelerator Dedicated to the
Production and Application of Ultra-short Electron Bunches and Radiation Pulses

Located at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Part of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance

NEWS

New: Project highlight here on guiding of femtosecond laser pulses in linearly tapered capillary discharge waveguides (10-01-2012)

New in the Private Section: minutes and progress reports from the August 2011 Management Meeting (10-11-2011)

Press release: Brightest gamma ray on Earth- for a safer, healthier world (19-09-2011)

New: Project highlights here including a Nature Physics letter on gamma-rays from a laser wakefield accelerator (19-09-2011)