The LCLS was upgraded at a cost of $1.1 billion, over a period of 12 years and is now the tool that researchers around the world want to use.
8,000 times faster as it can generate nearly a million X-ray flashes per second, which are more powerful than anything we have seen before.The LCLS-II's enhanced capabilities are thanks to the superconducting accelerator built to fire the X-rays. The accelerator consists of 37 modules that can cool down helium to -456 degrees Fahrenheit , just a notch above absolute zero. At these temperatures, the accelerator increases electrons to high energy states with nearly zero energy losses.
In addition to a new electron source, the LCLS-II has also seen the addition of two new undulators that can generate X-rays from the electron beams. Dubbed "soft" and "hard", these undulators produce low- and high-energy X-rays, allowing researchers to carry out their experiments with much higher precision and the option to probe deeper.
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