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LCLS-II will be a transformative tool for energy science, qualitatively changing the way that X-ray imaging, scattering and spectroscopy can be used to study how natural and artificial systems function. It will produce X-ray pulses that are 10,000 times brighter, on average, than those of LCLS and that arrive up to a million times per second.

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Illustration of SLAC's cryoplant refrigerator.

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After more than a decade, LCLS was upgraded to generate even more powerful X-ray laser beams. With the LCLS-II upgrade, LCLS is around 10,000...
The creation of the world's brightest X-ray
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A machine learning algorithm automatically extracts information to speed up – and extend – the study of materials with X-ray pulse pairs.

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The Stanford Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the 2022-23 academic year Oct. 17-18. Trustees toured the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and...

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When light drives electron transfer in a molecular complex, the surrounding solvent molecules also rapidly move.
When light drives electron transfer in a molecular complex, the surrounding solvent molecules also rapidly move.
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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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The first of 37 cryomodules for LCLS-II is moved off of its truck after being shipped from Fermilab.   All the cryomodules were delivered...

Cryomodule lifted from truck
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Drone photo of the team working on LCLS-II cryoplant.

Cryoplant team
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Dominique White takes a look at the last cryomodule for LCLS-II delivered from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Dominique White takes a look at the last cryomodule for LCLS-II delivered from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
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Aerial view of SLAC’s   campus. Stanford campus and Hoover tower can be seen in the distance.

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Ultra-bright X-ray laser pulses can be used to strip electrons away from atoms, creating ions with strong charges.

Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms
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Cryomodule installation in the LCLS tunnel
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LCLS-II’s Eric Fauve explains how the team cools the accelerator to 2 kelvins. 

Cooling SLAC's linear accelerator to 2 kelvins
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