![A young visitor touching a Van de Graaff generator](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/electrostatics-demo-flip.jpg?h=3cdfe7ea&itok=oCnLBwXe)
Illustration
Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.
![MEC silicon](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/mec_silicon_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=5fRShe6-)
![A young visitor touching a Van de Graaff generator](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/electrostatics-demo-flip.jpg?h=3cdfe7ea&itok=oCnLBwXe)
Photograph
SSRL utilizes x-rays produced by its accelerator, the Stanford Positron Electron Asymmetric Ring (SPEAR3), shown in this photo from 2004.
![A View Inside SLAC's SPEAR3 Tunnel](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-03/35062000774_24d91b53f6_c.jpg?h=2179f13d&itok=5t7zhXSc)