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Catching up to Electrons on the Move

SLAC Recent History (1973-2023 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource) - How did Synchrotrons become global X-ray powerhouses?

Aalayah Spencer inside the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

This illustration depicts a herringbone-like pattern in the atomic lattice of a quantum material created by researchers at SLAC and Stanford.

An illustration of a dramatic, herringbone-like pattern in the atomic lattice of a newly created quantum material. Against a black background, calcium atoms are seen as light blue spheres, cobalt atoms in dark blue and oxygen atoms in red. Lines connecting the oxygen atoms represent the atomic lattice.

Public lecture presented by Taran Driver

Public Lecture presented by Elizabeth Ryland

Stillframe image for public lecture featuring Elizabeth Ryland

Learn more about how materials chemist and SLAC Associate Scientist Molleigh Preefer uses the powerful X-rays of SLAC’s synchrotron to watch battery charging cycles and innovate new battery materials.

Stillframe of video interview with Molleigh_Preefer

Scientists uncovered new information about the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon first described by Einstein over a century ago.

SAGE campers have fun experimenting with a Van de Graff generator.

SLAC’s newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) successfully produced its first X-rays, creating unparalleled capabilities that will usher in a new era in research.

SLAC staff gather in the accelerator control room to celebrate first light produced by the LCLS-II project’s pioneering superconducting accelerator.

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Faster! Catching up to Electrons on the Move

How did Synchrotrons become global X-ray powerhouses?

Aalayah Spencer

Distorted quantum material

Faster! Catching up to electrons on the move (recording)

Searching for Trolls under the Electron Bridge (recording)

Searching for Trolls under the Electron Bridge (poster)

Meet Molleigh Preefer: how do synchrotrons help develop fast-charging batteries?

Photoelectric effect

Van de Graff generator

LCLS-II first light

LCLS-II first light celebration