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Back X-ray laser takes aim at cosmic mystery Download Image A photograph of the instrument setup for an astrophysics experiment at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratorys Linac Coherent Light Source LCLS a powerful X-ray laser The experiment was conducted in the Soft X-ray hutch using this electron ...

Back Lab team helps measure femtosecond pulses of X-ray free electron Download Image Livermore scientists designed and built the LCLS x-ray transport optics and diagnostics suite One of the suites instruments is the x-ray free-electron laser energy monitor which won a 2010 RampD 100 Award for being ...

Back Lab researchers assist for new Compact X-ray FEL Download Image The Compact X-ray Free Electron Laser CXFEL will fit neatly in a traditional lab space at a fraction of the massive cost of traditional X-ray Free Electron Lasers XFEL In addition to size and cost differences both XFEL and CXFEL devices ...

Back Accelerating material characterization Machine learning meets X-ray absorption spectroscopy Download Image Artwork illustrating a new study combining atomistic simulations machine learning potential and data-driven methods to study the chemical speciation of amorphous carbon nitride using X-ray ...

Back Improving precision of pressure determination in nanosecond X-ray diffraction experiments Download Image Optical photograph taken during a laser-driven compression and nanosecond X-ray diffraction experiment at the Omega Laser Facility The inset illustrates the specific target configuration used ...

Back Watching subsurface defects as they move Download Image Dark-field X-ray microscopy views defects deep inside millimeter-thick crystals by capturing images of the X-ray diffracted beam A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL scientist and collaborators have demonstrated the first ever defect ...

Back Researchers develop broadband X-ray source needed to perform new measurements at NIF Download Image This image shows the full EXAFS sample backlighter and laser configuration at the National Ignition Facility Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL researchers have developed an X-ray source ...

Back LLNL scientists use X-ray imaging simulations to mitigate the defects in metal 3D-printed parts Download Image By combining high-performance computer simulations with X-ray imaging of the laser powder-bed fusion metal additive manufacturing process researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...

Back An X-Ray Eye on Universes Download Image Answers to many scientific mysteries lie in realms invisible to the human eye Clues to some of the most fundamental questions in astronomy cosmology and nuclear science lurk in sections of the electromagnetic spectrum outside the small slice of wavelengths ...