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Accelerators form the backbone of SLAC’s national user facilities. They generate some of the highest quality particle beams in the world, helping thousands of scientists perform groundbreaking experiments each year.

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SPEAR-heading X-ray Science for 40 Years

Last Saturday marked the 40th anniversary of an historic event: In 1973, a team of research pioneers extracted hard X-rays for the first time...

July 8, 2013  ·  2 min read
Photo - SSRP pilot project beamline inside SPEAR, 07/06/1973. (SLAC Archives)
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Shedding Light

In 1971, physicist Burton Richter of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was building a new type of particle collider called a storage ring.

June 2, 2011  ·  6 min read
soft X-ray fluorescence at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source
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Public Lectures

Big Machines and Big Science: 80 Years of Accelerators at Stanford

In this public lecture, longtime SLAC physicist Greg Loew will present a trip through SLAC's origins, highlighting its scientific achievements, and provide a glimpse...
Date Tuesday, December 16, 2008
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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