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Revealing nature’s fastest processes with X-rays, lasers and electrons
Studying the particles and forces that knit the cosmos together
Building smaller, faster, more powerful accelerators for all
Understanding the machinery of life at its most basic level
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Finding clean, sustainable solutions for the world’s energy challenges
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Linac Coherent Light Source
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Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology
Stanford PULSE Institute
Center for Interface Science & Catalysis
SLAC & Stanford build the world’s largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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This joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab is your view into the world of particle physics.
SLAC’s LSST camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Mechanical engineer Travis Lange carefully watches the installation of the 14th raft tower modules.
Jeff Tice, background, holds the particle counter while Travis Lange inspects the surface of the r-band optical filter for dust particles.
From left, Travis Lange, Hannah Pollek and LLNL’s Justin Wolfe inspect LSST Camera optic filters.
Arrival and inspection of the L3 lens of the LSST Camera
Learn about the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and Vera C. Rubin Observatory in this video.
LSST is currently under construction in Chile. The U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is leading the construction of the LSST camera – the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy.
Taking the first 3,200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane.
The LSST camera integration and testing team is slowly assembling the camera’s focal plane
The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile.