The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University. Founded in 1962 as the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, its two-mile-long linear accelerator was the site of the discovery of the charm quark and the tau lepton, as well as key investigations into the structure of protons and neutrons. Today, the heart of the laboratory is the Linac Coherent Light Source, and SLAC also serves atomic and solid-state physics and chemistry, biology and medicine.
CERN Courier laboratory correspondent: Melinda Lee
Read article 'Toward a diffraction limited storage-ring-based X-ray source'
This webinar is available to watch now, presented by SLAC accelerator physicist Pantaleo Raimondi.
Read article 'Crab cavities enter next phase'
Rama Calaga describes the latest progress in building the superconducting radio-frequency “crab” cavities that will increase the probability of collisions at the High-Luminosit...
Read article 'Exploring the CMB like never before'
With telescopes at the South Pole and in the Chilean Atacama Desert, the newly endorsed CMB-S4 observatory will exceed the capabilities of earlier experiments by more than an order...
Read article 'Snowmass promises bright future'
Physicists expect to emerge from the Snowmass21 planning exercise with a grand vision for a vibrant US high-energy physics programme over the 10 years starting from 2025.
Read article '‘First light’ beckons as LCLS-II gears up'
An ambitious upgrade of SLAC's X-ray free-electron-laser facility – the Linac Coherent Light Source – is nearing completion.
Read article 'Tracking the rise of pixel detectors'
Silicon pixel detectors for particle tracking have blossomed into a vast array of beautiful creations that have driven numerous discoveries, with no signs of the advances slowing d...
Read about 'In focus: US accelerator projects'
Evolution, ambition and international collaboration underpin US accelerator initiatives