Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO)

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Symmetry: Something Borrowed

SLAC engineer Knut Skarpaas designs some of physics’ most challenging machines, finding inspiration in unexpected places.

EXO-200 Resumes Its Underground Quest

The upgraded experiment aims to discover if neutrinos are their own antiparticles.

Mysterious Neutrinos Take the Stage at SLAC

SLAC is ramping up its efforts to understand neutrinos – elusive fundamental particles whose properties may help researchers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.

Symmetry: Ten Things You Might Not Know About Antimatter

Antimatter has fueled many a supernatural tale. It's also fascinating all by itself.

SLAC’s Peter Rowson Named American Physical Society Fellow

His election recognizes a long history of accomplishment that began more than two decades ago at the SLAC Linear Collider.

Scientists Search for Exotic Decay with Straightforward Implications

If it exists, a type of decay called neutrinoless double-beta decay will show that neutrinos are their own antiparticles and can help scientists determine their masses.

Symmetry: Coming soon: Plan for the future of US particle physics

The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.

Completing the Circuit: SLAC-designed Chips Empower X-ray Science

Scientists in SLAC's Integrated Circuits Department reach a new frontier in ultrafast X-ray science with intricately designed signal-processing chips that translate particles of light into bits of data.

Underground Search for Neutrino Properties Unveils First Results

Scientists studying neutrinos have found with the highest degree of sensitivity yet that these mysterious particles behave like other elementary particles at the quantum level. The results shed light on the mass and other properties of the neutrino and prove the effectiveness of a new instrument that will yield even greater discoveries in this area.

How Slow is Slow? EXO Knows!

Cooks think of watched pots. Handymen grumble about drying paint. Kids dread the endless night before Christmas morning.