Magurele laser used to treat cancer and a future Mars mission

Ground breaking is the word used by worldwide researchers to describe experiments and discoveries made at Magurele, once the most powerful laser in the world and the equipment accompanying it becomes functional.

Ground breaking is used in research to describe situations at the limit of reality known by scientists, discoveries with major impact on scientific research. Called the Magurele laser, the equipment to be installed this summer is much more complex than the simple description used for the public.

In reality, Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics is made of two parts: the first is made of two powerful lasers (two arms of 10 petawatts each, 10 petawatts meaning 10% of the sun’s power) and a gamma ray generator with performing characteristics, unique in the world, the project manager, academician and professor Nicolae Zamfir said.

Researchers intend to find solutions and answers for problems which we cannot solve yet. For instance, an application which might result from experiments made at Magurele is a revolutionary method to treat cancer where surgery is impossible.

Other applications could be simulating cosmic radiation to see how materials of which space stations and spacecraft are made behave for a future mission to Mars. Researchers also intend to find answers to problems of theoretical physics, such as element distribution in the Universe.

Last but not least, ELI-NP might accelerate particles by means of laser beams, a method which might replace in the future the technology used by CERN, big particle accelerators with high construction and operation costs.

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