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Potent laser twirls electron figure eights

Blasting electrons with ultrahigh-power lasers forces the particles to move in figure eights—a predicted consequence of Einstein’s theory of relativity.

References:

Chen, S., A. Maksimchuk, and D. Umstadter. 1998. Experimental observation of relativistic nonlinear Thomson scattering. Nature 396(Dec. 17):653.

Further Readings:

Peterson, I. 1996. Surfing a laser wave. Science News 149(Feb. 10):95.

Weiss, P. 1998. Electrons hang-ten on laser-made waves. Science News 154(Sept. 5):157.

Sources:

Nicolaas Bloembergen
Harvard University
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Pierce Hall 231
Cambridge, MA 02138

Szu-yuan Chen
University of Michigan
Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Anatoly Maksimchuk
University of Michigan
Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Eric J. Prebys
Princeton University
Physics Department
317 Jadwin Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544

Toshiki Tajima
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
L-449, 7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA 94551

Donald Umstadter
University of Michigan
Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 25 & 26, December 19 & 26, 1998, p. 390. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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