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The BaBar particle physics experiment explored the differences between matter and antimatter and whether those differences could explain why the universe contains matter and essentially no antimatter.

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Experiments have helped explain some of the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the universe, but not all of it. Now a SLAC theorist...

Higgs jet diagram
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Scientists from two experiments have banded together to create a single comprehensive record of their work for scientific posterity.

Man at podium with a big book
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SLAC scientist Michael Kelsey sees connections between the communities of physicists and do-it-yourselfers.

Michael Kelsey
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The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel’s recommendations will set the course for the future of particle physics in the United States.

Snomass 2013 Opening
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Scientists in SLAC's Integrated Circuits Department reach a new frontier in ultrafast X-ray science with intricately designed signal-processing chips that translate particles of light...

Four ePix100 prototype chips bonded in a test setup. (Brad Plummer/SLAC)
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View of the BaBar detector (about six meters in diameter) with staff scientist Michael Kelsey analyzing problems during a shutdown...
BaBar detector
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Scientists analyzing data from theScientists analyzing data from the BaBar experiment, which operated at SLAC between 1999 and 2008, recently published the results of...

Image - Cartoon elephant BaBar vanishing in suit.
Press Release

Menlo Park, Calif. — Time marches relentlessly forward for you and me; watch a movie in reverse, and you’ll quickly see something is amiss.

Illustration - Big letter "B"s change color to represent transforming B mesons