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An experiment and a detailed design study recently have opened the way to the development of an x-ray laser.

Layout of the Linac Coherent Light Source

Jonathan Dorfan, associate director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and head of its B-Factory project, has been named SLAC's third director, President Gerhard Casper announced Tuesday, Dec. 22.

Dr. Lev Okun will receive a special award created by the Open Society Institute (George Soros, Chairman) in recognition of his work in support of scientists in Russia. Sidney Drell will present the award on behalf of George Soros.

Lev Okun and Sidney Drell at the installation of the BaBar Coil at SLAC's IR2

The White House has announced the intent to nominate Arthur Bienenstock to the post of Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Bienenstock is Director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, a division of the Stanford...

Forty years ago,Wolfgang Panofsky dreamed up the largest, most expensive piece of machinery ever used in experimental physics. Today we call it SLAC.

Project M article on front page of Stanford Daily newspaper in 1960

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The X-ray Laser May Soon Become a Reality

B Factory Leader Dorfan Named Third Director of SLAC (PDF)

Dr. Lev Okun Honored by the Open Society Institute

Arthur Bienenstock Named Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

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