Researchers from Cern and the German Society for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt have now managed to measure and quantify it. The success is a step forward towards solving a universal problem for accelerators and achieving the high precision required for current and future experiments.
The 'ghost' protagonist of the study is the result of the phenomenon known as resonance, which occurs when two systems interact with each other and synchronize on a frequency capable of amplifying the motion of the system itself. To observe resonance phenomena in the Solar System it would take millions of years, while with accelerators it only takes a few seconds.