OK, but why do they need so much X-ray power to examine paintings? Most progress in X-ray technology has been through better sensing so less power could be used. Ordinary X-ray tubes are simple and a century old.
Now if they could build a compact synchrotron to generate soft X-rays, that would be a huge deal. The semiconductor industry has tried to get that to work for a decade as a light source for "extreme UV". ("Extreme UV" and "soft X-rays" are in the same part of the spectrum.)
Now if they could build a compact synchrotron to generate soft X-rays, that would be a huge deal. The semiconductor industry has tried to get that to work for a decade as a light source for "extreme UV". ("Extreme UV" and "soft X-rays" are in the same part of the spectrum.)