SLAC topics

LCLS-II RSS feed

LCLS-II is a transformative upgrade 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. The upgrade empowers LCLS to produce X-ray pulses that are 10,000 times brighter than before and that arrive up to a million times per second.

Related Link:
LCLS-II

Illustration of SLAC's cryoplant refrigerator.
Video

SLAC full campus

Aerial view of SLAC’s   campus. Stanford campus and Hoover tower can be seen in the distance.

September 22, 2022
Front Page - SLAC Full Campus
Video
Illustration

“Supercharging” atoms with X-ray laser

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

September 21, 2022
Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms
Photograph

Cryomodule installation

September 21, 2022
Cryomodule installation in the LCLS tunnel
Video

Getting LCLS-II to 2 kelvins

LCLS-II’s Eric Fauve explains how the team cools the accelerator to 2 kelvins. 

August 31, 2022  ·  00:04:02  runtime
Cooling SLAC's linear accelerator to 2 kelvins
Video
Video

Getting LCLS-II to 2 kelvins

August 31, 2022
Cooling SLAC's linear accelerator to 2 kelvins
Video
Feature

Helium’s chilling journey to cool a particle accelerator

En route to record-breaking X-rays, SLAC’s Cryogenic team built a helium-refrigeration plant that lowers the LCLS-II accelerator to superconducting temperatures.

August 31, 2022  ·  6 min read
Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
Illustration

Cross section of cryomodule

A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.
August 30, 2022
Cross section showing pipes and liquid and gas helium
Illustration

LCLS-II cryoplant

A schematic of the LCLS-II cryoplant.
August 30, 2022
A schematic of a building with various pieces of cooling equipment.
Illustration

LCLS-II 2k cooldown

August 30, 2022
Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
Feature

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by...

July 27, 2022  ·  7 min read
SRCF-II
Feature

Collaborations with small businesses spur progress for LCLS research at SLAC

The Small Business Innovation Research Program brings government and private industry together to develop next-generation X-ray optics for LCLS-II.

June 3, 2022  ·  4 min read
A narrow two-mile long building stretches through trees and foothills.
SLAC Science Explained

XFELs: Spying on atoms and molecules

Molecular movie-making is both an art and a science; the results let us watch how nature works on the smallest scales.

June 1, 2022  ·  7 min read
Molecular movie filmstrip.