Topic: Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step...

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Dominique White takes a look at the last cryomodule for LCLS-II delivered from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Kayla Ninh at LCLS’s ChemRIX Hutch 2.2 in Near Experimental Hall.

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SLAC’s linac before sunset looking west.

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Cryomodule installation in the LCLS tunnel

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Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

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LCLS-II’s Eric Fauve explains how the team cools the accelerator to 2 kelvins.

Cooling SLAC's linear accelerator to 2 kelvins

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En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.

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A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.

Cross section showing pipes and liquid and gas helium

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An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by...

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The Small Business Innovation Research Program brings government and private industry together to develop next-generation X-ray optics for LCLS-II.

A narrow two-mile long building stretches through trees and foothills.

The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in the effort to develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources.

Dominique White takes a look at the last cryomodule for LCLS-II delivered from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Kayla Ninh at LCLS’s ChemRIX Hutch 2.2 in Near Experimental Hall.

SLAC’s linac before sunset looking west.

Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

LCLS-II’s Eric Fauve explains how the team cools the accelerator to 2 kelvins.

En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.

An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by a new generation of scientific projects.

The Small Business Innovation Research Program brings government and private industry together to develop next-generation X-ray optics for LCLS-II.

Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

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Chemical reaction

Dominique White inspects a cryomodule delivered

LCLS’s ChemRIX Hutch 2.2

SLAC aerial of linac

Cryomodule installation

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Getting LCLS-II to 2 kelvins

Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

Cross section of cryomodule

LCLS-II 2k cooldown

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

Collaborations with small businesses spur progress for LCLS research at SLAC

Chemical reaction

Dominique White inspects a cryomodule delivered

LCLS’s ChemRIX Hutch 2.2

SLAC aerial of linac

Cryomodule installation

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

Getting LCLS-II to 2 kelvins

Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

Cross section of cryomodule

LCLS-II 2k cooldown

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

Collaborations with small businesses spur progress for LCLS research at SLAC