SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a federally funded research and development center in Menlo Park, California, United States. Founded in 1962, the laboratory is now sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administrated by Stanford University. It is the site of the Stanford Linear Accelerator, a 3.2 kilometer (2-mile) linear accelerator constructed in 1966 that could accelerate electrons to energies of 50 GeV.
Aerial view of former linear accelerator
The entrance to SLAC in Menlo Park
SLAC 3 km-long (2 mi) Klystron Gallery above the beamline Accelerator
Part of the SLAC beamline
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.
James V. Forrestal Building, Department headquarters
Sign in front of the United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building on 1000 Independence Avenue in Washington D.C.