Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
1-2016
Document Type
Article
Citation
UNL Today & Physik Journal 01 / 2016 Seite: 18
Abstract
An illustration showing the unexpected result of an interaction between X-rays and matter, research conducted by UNL physicist Matthias Fuchs, is featured on the cover of the January issue of Physik Journal, a German publication.
The illustration accompanies an article by a scientist in Sweden about the significance of the results that Fuchs and his team originally reported in the journal Nature Physics last August. In the Nature Physics article, the team described their research on the phenomenon that occurs when simultaneously smashing two X-ray photons into a single atom using a high-intensity laser. The event, highly improbable and requiring an X-ray laser so enormous that only two exist in the world, unlocked significant new opportunities to investigate matter.