The klystron gallery at SLAC’s 2-mile-long linear accelerator contains more than 150 klystrons that produce microwave pulses for accelerating electrons to high energies.
Kavli Institute for Partical Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) scientist Ralf Kaehler, at work here in the "Vizlab," and colleagues use computer visualizations to simulate and study the formation and evolution of the Universe.
JoAnne Hewett awards medals to the winners of the SLAC Regional High School Science Bowl, Saratoga High School Team 1. The event was held on February 11, 2023.
A close-upof the XL5 klystron. Manufactured by CPI, it was brought to SLAC for testing at a unique facility that can power the tube with 400,000-volt pulses. Building its own test facility would have cost the company at least...
This animation shows the results of a recent study at SLAC, in which researchers used a powerful beam of electrons to watch gold melt extremely rapidly after being heated by a laser pulse.
Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray flash.
