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The Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC, the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser, takes X-ray snapshots of atoms and molecules at work, revealing fundamental processes in materials, technology and living things.

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Rooftop view of Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
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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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Kayla Ninh at LCLS’s ChemRIX Hutch 2.2 in Near Experimental Hall. 

Kayla Ninh at LCLS’s ChemRIX Hutch 2.2 in Near Experimental Hall.
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SLAC’s linac before sunset looking west.

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

Front Page - SLAC Full Campus
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The LSST Camera is being tested inside the clean room at SLAC

Front Page - LSST Camera
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Cryomodule installation in the LCLS tunnel
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Studying a material that even more closely resembles the composition of ice giants, researchers found that oxygen boosts the formation of diamond rain.

Diamond rain formation
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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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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.

Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
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A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.
Cross section showing pipes and liquid and gas helium
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Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
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An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by...

SRCF-II