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public lecture

How Science Unlocks Copper's Hidden Powers

Presented by Diana Gamzina. In particle accelerators, electrons are pushed to extreme energies by electromagnetic fields that oscillate inside evacuated metal cavities. Those cavities...

Date Tuesday, November 10, 2020
9:00 a.m.  –  10:00 a.m.  PT
illustration of woman scientist observing stacked copper discs
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Seminars and conferences

2023 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

This annual meeting is a unique opportunity to gather together the light source community in a single scientific event that includes numerous presentations in...

Date Sunday, September 24, 2023  –  Friday, September 29, 2023
UED transition state
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Special Events

SSRL 50th anniversary celebration

Join us for a full day of talks and panel discussions looking at the past, present and future of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource...

Date Thursday, April 20, 2023
8:00 a.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025
Panofsky auditorium with SSRL 50th graphic
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Public Lecture

Faster! Catching up to electrons on the move

Presented by Taran Driver

Date Thursday, November 30, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Taran Driver Public Lecture
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Public lecture

Making Molecular Movies: 10,000,000,000,000 Frames per Second

Presented by Kelly Gaffney. Movies have transformed our perception of the world. With slow motion photography, we can see a hummingbird flap its wings...

Date Tuesday, December 12, 2006
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
Stillframe for public lecture
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Public Lectures

Archimedes: Accelerator Reveals Ancient Text

Archimedes (287-212 BC), who is famous for shouting 'Eureka' (I found it) is considered one of the most brilliant thinkers of all times. The...
Date Tuesday, December 13, 2005
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
stillframe public lecture archimedes
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Public Lecture

Saving the Mary Rose: Synchrotrons and the Preservation of a Tudor Warship

The Mary Rose, built in 1511, was the flagship of King Henry VIII. She sank in 1545 while en route to confront the French...
Date Tuesday, October 2, 2012
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
Stillframe for public lecture
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Public Lectures

Archaeopteryx: Bringing the Dino-Bird to Life

Some 150 million years ago, a strange creature died in a tropical lagoon that today is located in Bavaria, Germany. In 1861, a single...
Date Tuesday, January 25, 2011
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

LCLS is the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser, open to experiments by scientists from across the globe.

New undulator hall

Fact sheet: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

Downloadable PDF

SSRL facility

Chemical Science Division

Scientists at SLAC observe chemical reactions in unprecedented detail and find ways to make them more efficient, with the goal of using chemistry to help solve the nation’s energy challenges.

Liquids getting vaporized by the world's brightest X-ray laser

MEC-U

Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) upgrade project

MEC