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November 04, 2004: The first image of a supernova shell in TeV gamma rays. High-energy particle acceleration in the shell of a supernova remnant
We present a TeV g-ray image of the SNR: the spatially resolved remnant has a shell morphology similar to that seen in X-rays, which demonstrates that very high-energy particles are acc http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/public/HESSatMPIK/hess_highlights.htm
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A technician checks the magnets that will direct protons towards the target for the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso (CNGS) project. The protons collide with the target producing particles that will decay into neutrinos. These neutrinos will travel 732 km to the detector at Gran Sasso in Italy where it is hoped that some may be detected in order to observe oscillations in the neutrino flavour.
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Atomic Force Microscopy image of the World smallest Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) ever, recently fabricated at CEMES (thanks to the access provided to LAAS-RTB platform facilities) under a partnership with Institut Néel (Grenoble). The sensitive part of the device is a single single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT, diameter ~1.4 nm) which is contacted at three different places by superconducting bimetallic (aluminum/palladium) leads (arrows). The specific behaviour of the two uncoated SWNT parts, called Josephson junctions (between the arrows), makes the device 1012 times more sensitive to magnetic fields than a regular SQUID, making possible the measurement of magnetic fields at the level of a single molecule.
http://www.cemes.fr/r7_english/r2_rech/r2_sr4_nmat/th4_or2.htm
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