https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2018/02/21/slac-at-55


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SLAC at 55

Original post made on Mar 7, 2018

It's been five years since the 50th anniversary of Menlo Park's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Sand Hill Road — a straight, two-mile-long buried tube that's been pumping out high-speed subatomic particles since 1962 for scientists and engineers trying to advance human understanding of the universe. So what's new?

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 12:00 AM

Comments

Posted by SLAC Engineer
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Mar 7, 2018 at 7:48 pm

The LCLS hard x-ray laser operates 7 days a week not 5 days a week as stated in the article.


Posted by Fred G. Kraese
a resident of another community
on Mar 9, 2018 at 3:46 pm

Is there a future commerical application for the "Speedier Bullet" research?