• Question: Do you use a laser gun?

    Asked by Morris and James to Jonny on 15 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Jonny Brooks-Bartlett

      Jonny Brooks-Bartlett answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      I don’t. I use a synchrotron. It’s a huge particle accelerator. Basically it whizzes electrons around really really fast (almost at the speed of light) and then when they change direction they give off X-rays. That’s how we get them. I wish I could use an X-ray laser gun though

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