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Accelerators have hundreds of thousands of components that all need to be designed, engineered, operated and maintained. Research at SLAC is paving the way to a new generation of particle acceleration technology.

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SLAC and Stanford researchers secure support for two projects that share one goal: to reduce the side effects of radiation therapy by vastly shrinking...

Researchers at SLAC and Stanford are developing new accelerator-based technology that aims to speed up cancer radiation therapy.
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An advisory committee is evaluating proposals for first experiments at SLAC’s future FACET-II accelerator facility.

FACET-II First Electrons
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The goal: develop plasma technologies that could shrink future accelerators up to 1,000 times, potentially paving the way for next-generation particle colliders and powerful...

FACET-II science
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The new technology could allow next-generation instruments to explore the atomic world in ever more detail.

Beam from SRF gun
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Symmetry: Machine Evolution

Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.

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Innovations at SLAC, including the world’s shortest X-ray flashes, ultra-high-speed pulse trains and smart computer controls, promise to take ultrafast X-ray science to a...

Accelerators and Machine Learning
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In experiments with the lab’s ultrafast "electron camera," laser light hitting a material is almost completely converted into nuclear vibrations, which are key to...

UED Molybdenum Diselenide
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He is recognized for his numerous contributions to the advancement of accelerator physics, community service and education.

Alexander Chao
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A new device could open new avenues for the generation of high-frequency radiation with applications in science, radar, communications, security and medical imaging.

New Millimeter Source
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A makeover of the historic Beam Switch Yard prepares the lab for the installation of the LCLS X-ray laser upgrade.

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Researchers at SLAC are already looking at the largely unexplored realm of attosecond science.

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Accelerator physicist Agostino Marinelli discusses how SLAC's X-ray laser makes femtosecond light.