Electrons surf protons’ waves in a new kind of particle accelerator
The negatively charged particles surf ripples created by protons shot through plasma
![AWAKE plasma cell](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/082818_EC_awake_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
WAKE UP In a demonstration of a new particle accelerator technology, physicists with the AWAKE experiment (plasma cell, shown) accelerated electrons on the wakes of protons plowing through plasma.
Maximilien Brice/CERN