A joint Fermilab/SLAC publication
Photo of accelerator on a chip on a finger
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Accelerator on a chip

11/18/15

Three “accelerators on a chip” made of silicon are mounted on a clear base. A shoebox-sized particle accelerator being developed under a $13.5 million Moore Foundation grant would use a series of these “accelerators on a chip” to boost the energy of electrons.