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First 3,200-megapixel images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera

Taking the first 3,200-megapixel images was an important first test for the focal plane.

August 31, 2020
LSSTCam Focal Plane Projector
Video

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera Assembly TimeLapse

Inserting rafts into the focal plane of the LSST Camera was a high-stakes operation that took about six months.

September 8, 2020  ·  00:02:22  runtime
video still frame of Rubin Observatory Camera Assembly TimeLapse
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Illustration

LCLS-II undulators

The second phase of a major upgrade project is now online at SLAC’S Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). On Saturday...
September 14, 2020
SXU
Illustration

Polarons

An illustration shows polarons – fleeting distortions in a material’s atomic lattice ––in a promising next-generation energy material, lead hybrid perovskite.

December 15, 2020
Polarons, bubbles of distortion in a perovskite lattice.
Animation

Polaronic distortions

As this animation shows, polaronic distortions start very small and rapidly expand outward in all directions to a diameter of...
December 15, 2020
Animation of polaronic distortions expanding in an atomic lattice
Public Lecture Poster

Camera for the Invisible

February 25, 2021
Caterina Vernieri Public Lecture: A large camera lens
Public Lecture Poster

The Tug of War that Shapes the Universe poster

August 31, 2021
Public Lecture poster: picture of the universe
Illustration

LSST data illustration

The Rubin Observatory's LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from atop a mountain in Chile.

March 10, 2022
LSST data illustration
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LSST camera data acquisition system

The data acquisition system for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Camera starts right at the back of the...
March 10, 2022
LSST data acquisition system
Animation

Cryoplant flow animation

The linac is equipped with two world-class helium cryoplants.

May 9, 2022
Cryoplant flow animation
Video

All About SLAC: What Goes On In the World's Longest Building

Public lecture presented by Neil Calder

February 24, 2004  ·  01:12:12  runtime
stillframe public lecture all about SLAC
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Illustration

Unstable lattice

February 13, 2022
Illustration shows two ball-and-stick molecules in pink and red separated by a blurred streak representing how the first structure is slightly deformed into the second.