Topic: Accelerators | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Two GEM Fellows reflect on their summer internships at SLAC and share their thoughts on representation and mentorship.

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At the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) scientists provided the first direct, high-fidelity view of how...

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Silicon, an element abundant in Earth’s crust, is currently the most widely used semiconductor material and is important in fields like engineering, geophysics and...

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A SLAC-led team has invented a method, called XLEAP, that generates powerful low-energy X-ray laser pulses that are only 280 attoseconds, or billionths of...

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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...

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Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II).

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Selina Li, Sebastien Corde, and Philippe Hering in a FACET laser lab.

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SLAC works with two small businesses to make its ACE3P software easier to use in supercomputer simulations for optimizing the shapes of accelerator structures.

A large, complex shape is seen against a blue background crisscrossed with white lines. The shape is dark blue and resembles a brick partially topped with a thick shark’s fin. Three areas of bright red, orange and green, are on the shape’s bottom edge.

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SLAC works with two small businesses to adapt its pioneering software, ACE3P, for scientific computing and manufacturing design. The goal: to make using DOE...

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Knowing a magnet’s past will allow scientists to customize particle beams more precisely in the future. As accelerators stretch for higher levels of performance...

A magnet on a test stand inside SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Edelen draws on machine learning to fine tune particle accelerators, while Kurinsky develops dark matter detectors informed by quantum information science.

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The facility, LCLS-II, will soon sharpen our view of how nature works on ultrasmall, ultrafast scales, impacting everything from quantum devices to clean energy.

Two GEM Fellows reflect on their summer internships at SLAC and share their thoughts on representation and mentorship.

At the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) scientists provided the first direct, high-fidelity view of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.

Silicon, an element abundant in Earth’s crust, is currently the most widely used semiconductor material and is important in fields like engineering, geophysics and plasma physics. But despite decades of studies, how the material transforms when hit with powerful shockwaves...

A SLAC-led team has invented a method, called XLEAP, that generates powerful low-energy X-ray laser pulses that are only 280 attoseconds, or billionths of a billionth of a second, long and that can reveal for the first time the fastest...

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.

Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II).

Selina Li, Sebastien Corde, and Philippe Hering in a FACET laser lab.

SLAC works with two small businesses to make its ACE3P software easier to use in supercomputer simulations for optimizing the shapes of accelerator structures.

SLAC works with two small businesses to adapt its pioneering software, ACE3P, for scientific computing and manufacturing design. The goal: to make using DOE supercomputers easier and more efficient.

Knowing a magnet’s past will allow scientists to customize particle beams more precisely in the future. As accelerators stretch for higher levels of performance, understanding subtle effects, such as those introduced by magnetic history, is becoming more critical.

Edelen draws on machine learning to fine tune particle accelerators, while Kurinsky develops dark matter detectors informed by quantum information science.

The facility, LCLS-II, will soon sharpen our view of how nature works on ultrasmall, ultrafast scales, impacting everything from quantum devices to clean energy.

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Accelerators

GEM Fellowship aims to increase representation in STEM

MEC silicon

Researchers resolve decades-long debate about shock-compressed silicon with unprecedented detail

XLEAP illustration

SLAC's FACET-II test facility

Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II)

FACET-II laser lab

Vintage SLAC accelerator software spreads its wings

SLAC’s vintage ACE3P software

Researchers model accelerator magnets' history using machine learning approach

SLAC’s Auralee Edelen and Noah Kurinsky receive prestigious DOE Early Career Awards

SLAC’s superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space

GEM Fellowship aims to increase representation in STEM

MEC silicon

Researchers resolve decades-long debate about shock-compressed silicon with unprecedented detail

XLEAP illustration

SLAC's FACET-II test facility

Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II)

FACET-II laser lab

Vintage SLAC accelerator software spreads its wings

SLAC’s vintage ACE3P software

Researchers model accelerator magnets' history using machine learning approach

SLAC’s Auralee Edelen and Noah Kurinsky receive prestigious DOE Early Career Awards

SLAC’s superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space