A synchrotron is a type of particle accelerator that produces intense beams of light. Researchers use these beams to peer deep beneath the surfaces of things and explore a wide range of scientific phenomena.
The largest digital camera ever built for ground-based astronomy, the 3.2-gigapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera is the size of a small car and weighs more than 3 tons.
The Laser Science and Technology (LST) division of the LCLS provides operational support for laser systems used in the LCLS photoinjector and experimental end stations.
Lydia Young, SLAC’s chief engineer, helps students with an experiment at the lab’s SAGE-S summer camp, one of a number of camps and internships run with help from SLAC volunteers.
A look inside SLAC’s FACET-II test facility, where scientists use electron beams to advance revolutionary technologies that could make future particle accelerators much smaller and a lot more capable.