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Comic #3695: wakefield-acceleration

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Title: Plasma Wakefield Acceleration: A Guide

  1. First Panel:
    • Two characters are standing in a lab. One says: “Create a thin plume of lithium gas.”
    • The other character responds enthusiastically: “Lithium PAAAAAARTY!”
  2. Second Panel:
    • The scene shifts to show a large laser coming into the scene.
    • A character on the left says: “Fire an extremely powerful laser into it.”
    • Another character responds: “I have more power than the rest of the world combined!”
    • A third character underneath comments: “You’re the first grad student who ever said that.”
  3. Third Panel:
    • The resulting illustration shows a “tube” of plasma within the gas.
  4. Fourth Panel:
    • The text explains: “Protons are much heavier than electrons, so consider them stationary for what follows.”
    • A cartoon proton says, “Ho ho ho! Stupid tiny electrons!”
  5. Fifth Panel:
    • It depicts firing two electron bundles into the “tube.”
    • Text reads: “Fire two electron bundles into the tube.”
    • The leading bundle knocks away plasma.
  6. Sixth Panel:
    • A visual shows the effect of the bundles on the surrounding plasma.
    • Text states: “In the wake of the bundles there are only protons.”
    • A visual marking a “super positive region” is highlighted.
  7. Seventh Panel:
    • The knocked-away electrons are shown zooming towards the wake, boosting the bundles.
    • A character is shown yelling: “AAAAAH!”
  8. Eighth Panel:
    • The text reads: “Thus, energies that today require big colliders could be achieved in a one-meter device.”
    • A character on the left is flirtatiously asking another: “Hey, baby. Wanna come to my lab and see something tiny go really fast?”
  9. Ninth Panel:
    • The second character replies: “We don’t yet know if this method will yield LHC-level energies.”
    • Another character joins in the discussion: “So fast.”
  10. Tenth Panel:
    • One character contemplates: “But, I guess what I’m saying is, if it does, can we please do this?”
    • The character next to them replies: “Oh, you work at the LHC? Neato! I have two of those on my lawn.”

This comic creatively combines humor with science, depicting the process of plasma wakefield acceleration while incorporating playful dialogue.

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