Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hou5e.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houti!ariel!hou5f!hou5e!mat From: mat@hou5e.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: BIG Accelerators Message-ID: <652@hou5e.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jul-83 00:10:57 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5e.652 Posted: Wed Jul 13 00:10:57 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jul-83 04:58:59 EDT References: <258@mhuxt.UUCP> Organization: American Bell ED&D, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 12 >From a recent article: The above schemes are conventional in that they use synchrotrons. Some people are investigating accelerating particles using the intense fields found in a laser beam (inverse free electron lasers) near a diffraction grating. I don't think that many of us know what this is all about (I could be wrong.) Could the author elaborate on the principles involved? hou5e!mat Mark Terribile