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Lab overview

Brochures & fact sheets

Download a variety of fact sheets to learn more about SLAC, our programs and latest scientific discoveries. 

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Quantum explained: The fascinating world unlocking new scientific breakthroughs

Check out our quantum explainers to learn more about the funky quantum realm and how SLAC researchers are advancing this field.

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About SLAC

Lab overview

While SLAC’s research has expanded in many directions since our founding in 1962, our guiding principle remains the same: We dream big, and our...
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Lab overview

Lab organization

Learn about SLAC’s senior leadership, directorates and core teams below. For an overview of our organizational structure, you can download the interactive PDF org chart.

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Where research happens

Joint institutes & centers

SLAC is known for building big sophisticated machines for teasing out the secrets of the universe. They give researchers new eyes on the world...
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Where research happens

Scientific facilities

Our original 2-mile-long particle accelerator, built half a century ago for groundbreaking particle physics research, has been repurposed as the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser and a testbed for next-generation accelerator technologies.

Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Hutch 6, located in the LCLS Far Experimental Hall.
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Research at SLAC

COVID-19

SLAC is uniquely equipped to study viruses like SARS-CoV-2; in fact, we’ve been doing it for decades. This news collection gathers the latest information on COVID-19 research at SLAC.

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Then and now

Our story

SLAC began in 1962 with construction of a 2-mile-long electron accelerator that would take particle physics to new heights. Today we are known for...
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SLAC culture

Mission, vision, values

SLAC's mission, vision and values tell our story – what we do, and why. These statements are guiding principles that define our purpose, frame...
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Visiting SLAC

Coming to SLACSpread across 426 acres, SLAC’s campus boasts an array of distinctive and historic buildings, including the 2-mile-long Klystron Gallery. The lab hosts...
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Industry partnerships

As one of 17 Department of Energy national laboratories, SLAC conducts research in a wide range of scientific areas and develops technologies in support of national priorities.

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SLAC + Stanford + Department of Energy

A lab built on core partnerships

SLAC owes its identity, and in fact its very existence, to our essential and longstanding connections with the Department of Energy and Stanford University...
SLAC/Stanford Professor Zhi-Xun Shen and SLAC staff scientist Patrick Kirchmann