Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.
The electric field aligns the spins of the electrons in the nonmagnetic material, and the ordering creates magnetic properties.
X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.
A social lunch event on the Main Quad for Director’s Award recipients and members of the SLAC community with notable years of service.
The klystron gallery at SLAC’s 2-mile-long linear accelerator contains more than 150 klystrons that produce microwave pulses for accelerating electrons to high energies.
SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Near Experimental Hall building at sunrise with Stanford University Hoover Tower in the background.
