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Petawatt pulse pushes protons

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Nature Physics, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02559-0

Laser-driven acceleration is a promising path towards more compact machines. Now, proton beams with energies up to 150 MeV have been achieved with a repetitive petawatt laser.