Surfatron
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Surfatrons are the colloquial name for experimental particle accelerators, using plasma acceleration to generate very high electronvolt measurements over dramatically shorter distances than traditional accelerators. Currently such devices are in the proof of concept phase at the following institutions: Argonne National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States Naval Research Laboratory
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics