Topic: Accelerators | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray...

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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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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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With help from two small businesses, SLAC’s vintage ACE3P software is spreading its wings to make supercomputing easier and faster.

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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.

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Now that the cavities have been cooled, the next step is to pump them with more than a megawatt of...

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A half-mile-long stretch of tunnel in Menlo Park, California is now colder than most of the universe.

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SLAC’s Matt Garrett and Susan Simpkins talk about tech transfer that brings innovations from the national lab to the people, including advances for medical...

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Over the past few years, Kathleen Ratcliffe and Tien Fak Tan have worked together to help build the superconducting accelerator that will drive new...

SLAC's Tien Tan, left, and Kathleen Ratcliffe pose for a portrait outside a SLAC building.

Scientists use a series of magnets to transform an electron bunch into a narrow current spike which then produces a very intense attosecond X-ray flash.

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).

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

With help from two small businesses, SLAC’s vintage ACE3P software is spreading its wings to make supercomputing easier and faster.

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.

Now that the cavities have been cooled, the next step is to pump them with more than a megawatt of microwave power to accelerate the electron beam from the new source. Electrons passing through the cavities will draw energy from...

A half-mile-long stretch of tunnel in Menlo Park, California is now colder than most of the universe.

SLAC’s Matt Garrett and Susan Simpkins talk about tech transfer that brings innovations from the national lab to the people, including advances for medical devices and self-driving vehicles.

Over the past few years, Kathleen Ratcliffe and Tien Fak Tan have worked together to help build the superconducting accelerator that will drive new scientific discoveries at SLAC’s X-ray laser.

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SLAC's FACET-II test facility

Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II)

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

Cryomodule cavity

LCLS-II cooldown

Q&A: From particle beams to cancer treatment – fundamental research that affects everyday life

A day in the life of two accelerator experts

XLEAP illustration

SLAC's FACET-II test facility

Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II)

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

Cryomodule cavity

LCLS-II cooldown

Q&A: From particle beams to cancer treatment – fundamental research that affects everyday life

A day in the life of two accelerator experts