our partnerships
Stanford University operates SLAC for the DOE Office of Science. Our strong ties with Stanford go all the way back to the lab’s founding...
WHERE RESEARCH HAPPENS
SLAC is known for building big sophisticated machines for teasing out the secrets of the universe. They give researchers new eyes on the world...
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Looking east down SLAC's 2-mile long linear accelerator toward Stanford and the San Francisco Bay.
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The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory sits on more than 400 acres of Stanford land, just west of the main campus.
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Al Ashley with internship program fellows in 2012. From left: Dorian Bohler, Manuel A. Carrasco, Al Ashley, Darius Morris, Eduardo...
Then and now
SLAC began in 1962 with construction of a 2-mile-long electron accelerator that would take particle physics to new heights. Today we are known for...
