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Sarrao">John L. Sarrao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em"><a href="/wiki/Employment" title="Employment">Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,684</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em">Address</th><td class="infobox-data label">2575 Sand Hill Rd.<br /> Menlo Park, CA 94025</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park, California</a>, United States<br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&params=37_25_03_N_122_12_09_W_region:US-CA_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°25′03″N</span> <span class="longitude">122°12′09″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.41750°N 122.20250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.41750; -122.20250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em"><a href="/wiki/Campus" title="Campus">Campus</a></th><td class="infobox-data">172 ha (426 acres)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">SLAC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em"><a href="/wiki/Consortium" title="Consortium">Affiliations</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">U.S. Department of Energy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Operating agency</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates" title="List of Nobel laureates"><span class="wrap">Nobel laureates</span></a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Burton_Richter" title="Burton Richter">Burton Richter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Taylor" title="Richard E. 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Perl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slac.stanford.edu">slac.stanford.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Particle accelerator</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Stanford Linear Accelerator</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/220px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/330px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg 1.5x, 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class="infobox-label" style="background:#ddf;">Maximum energy</th><td class="infobox-data">50 GeV</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ccf;">Physical properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#ddf;">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">3.2 km (2.0 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#ddf;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#ddf;">Institution</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">US-DOE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#ddf;">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1966–2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background:#ddf;">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">LCLS</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory</b>, originally named the <b>Stanford Linear Accelerator Center</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_rename_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_rename-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SLAC_press-release_rename_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLAC_press-release_rename-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Federally_funded_research_and_development_centers" title="Federally funded research and development centers">federally funded research and development center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Founded in 1962, the laboratory is now sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">United States Department of Energy</a> and administrated by <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>. It is the site of the <b>Stanford Linear Accelerator</b>, a 3.2 kilometer (2-mile) <a href="/wiki/Linear_accelerator" class="mw-redirect" title="Linear accelerator">linear accelerator</a> constructed in 1966 that could accelerate electrons to energies of 50 <a href="/wiki/GeV" class="mw-redirect" title="GeV">GeV</a>. </p><p>Today SLAC research centers on a broad program in <a href="/wiki/Atomic_physics" title="Atomic physics">atomic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solid_state_physics" class="mw-redirect" title="Solid state physics">solid-state physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">biology</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a> using X-rays from <a href="/wiki/Synchrotron_radiation" title="Synchrotron radiation">synchrotron radiation</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Free-electron_laser" title="Free-electron laser">free-electron laser</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Experimental_physics" title="Experimental physics">experimental</a> and <a href="/wiki/Theoretical_physics" title="Theoretical physics">theoretical</a> research in <a href="/wiki/Elementary_particle" title="Elementary particle">elementary</a> <a href="/wiki/Particle_physics" title="Particle physics">particle physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accelerator_physics" title="Accelerator physics">accelerator physics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astroparticle_physics" title="Astroparticle physics">astroparticle physics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cosmology" title="Cosmology">cosmology</a>. The laboratory is under the programmatic direction of the United States Department of Energy Office of Science. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLAC_Gate_Sign.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The entrance to SLAC in Menlo Park." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/SLAC_Gate_Sign.jpg/220px-SLAC_Gate_Sign.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/SLAC_Gate_Sign.jpg/330px-SLAC_Gate_Sign.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/SLAC_Gate_Sign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption>The entrance to SLAC in <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Founded in 1962 as the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the facility is located on 172 ha (426 acres) of <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>-owned land on <a href="/wiki/Sand_Hill_Road" title="Sand Hill Road">Sand Hill Road</a> in Menlo Park, California, just west of the university's main campus. The main accelerator is 3.2 km (2 mi) long, making it the longest linear accelerator in the world, and has been operational since 1966. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Nobel_Prize.png/220px-Nobel_Prize.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Nobel_Prize.png/330px-Nobel_Prize.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Nobel_Prize.png/440px-Nobel_Prize.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>Research at SLAC has produced three <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prizes in Physics</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Research at SLAC has produced three <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prizes in Physics</a>: </p> <ul><li>1976: The <a href="/wiki/Charm_quark" title="Charm quark">charm quark</a>; see <a href="/wiki/J/psi_meson" title="J/psi meson">J/ψ meson</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Quark" title="Quark">Quark</a> structure inside <a href="/wiki/Proton" title="Proton">protons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neutron" title="Neutron">neutrons</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1995: The <a href="/wiki/Tau_lepton" class="mw-redirect" title="Tau lepton">tau lepton</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>SLAC's meeting facilities also provided a venue for the <a href="/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club" title="Homebrew Computer Club">Homebrew Computer Club</a> and other pioneers of the <a href="/wiki/Home_computer" title="Home computer">home computer</a> revolution of the late 1970s and early 1980s. </p><p>In 1984, the laboratory was named an <a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Mechanical_Engineering_Landmarks" title="List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks">ASME National Historic Engineering Landmark</a> and an <a href="/wiki/List_of_IEEE_milestones" class="mw-redirect" title="List of IEEE milestones">IEEE Milestone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SLAC developed and, in December 1991, began hosting the first <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a> server outside of Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early-to-mid 1990s, the Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) investigated the properties of the <a href="/wiki/Z_boson" class="mw-redirect" title="Z boson">Z boson</a> using the Stanford Large Detector. </p><p>As of 2005, SLAC employed over 1,000 people, some 150 of whom were <a href="/wiki/Physicist" title="Physicist">physicists</a> with <a href="/wiki/Doctorate_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctorate degree">doctorate degrees</a>, and served over 3,000 visiting researchers yearly, operating <a href="/wiki/Particle_accelerator" title="Particle accelerator">particle accelerators</a> for <a href="/wiki/High-energy_physics" class="mw-redirect" title="High-energy physics">high-energy physics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Synchrotron_Radiation_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory">Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory</a> (SSRL) for <a href="/wiki/Synchrotron_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Synchrotron light">synchrotron light</a> radiation research, which was "indispensable" in the research leading to the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> awarded to Stanford Professor <a href="/wiki/Roger_D._Kornberg" title="Roger D. Kornberg">Roger D. Kornberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2008, the Department of Energy announced that the center's name would be changed to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The reasons given include a better representation of the new direction of the lab and the ability to trademark the laboratory's name. Stanford University had legally opposed the Department of Energy's attempt to trademark "Stanford Linear Accelerator Center".<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_rename_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_rename-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2009, it was announced that the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory was to receive $68.3 million in Recovery Act Funding to be disbursed by Department of Energy's Office of Science.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, Bits and Watts launched as a collaboration between SLAC and Stanford University to design "better, greener electric grids". SLAC later pulled out over concerns about an industry partner, the state-owned Chinese electric utility.<sup id="cite_ref-SD_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April of 2024, SLAC completed two decades of work constructing the world's largest digital camera for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) project at the <a href="/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory" title="Vera C. Rubin Observatory">Vera C. Rubin Observatory</a> in Chile. The camera is expected to become operational in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-20240412ABC_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20240412ABC-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Components">Components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLAC_long_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/SLAC_long_view.jpg/220px-SLAC_long_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/SLAC_long_view.jpg/330px-SLAC_long_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/SLAC_long_view.jpg/440px-SLAC_long_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3471" data-file-height="2311" /></a><figcaption>SLAC 3 km-long (2 mi) Klystron Gallery above the <a href="/wiki/Beamline" title="Beamline">beamline</a> Accelerator</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accelerator">Accelerator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Accelerator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLAC_tunnel_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/SLAC_tunnel_2.jpg/220px-SLAC_tunnel_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/SLAC_tunnel_2.jpg/330px-SLAC_tunnel_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/SLAC_tunnel_2.jpg/440px-SLAC_tunnel_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>Part of the SLAC beamline</figcaption></figure> <p>The main accelerator was an <a href="/wiki/Linear_particle_accelerator" title="Linear particle accelerator">RF linear accelerator</a> that accelerated <a href="/wiki/Electron" title="Electron">electrons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Positron" title="Positron">positrons</a> up to 50 <a href="/wiki/GeV" class="mw-redirect" title="GeV">GeV</a>. At 3.2 km (2.0 mi) long, the <a href="/wiki/Particle_accelerator" title="Particle accelerator">accelerator</a> was the longest <a href="/wiki/Linear_accelerator" class="mw-redirect" title="Linear accelerator">linear accelerator</a> in the world, and was claimed to be "the world's most straight object."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until 2017 when the <a href="/wiki/European_x-ray_free_electron_laser" class="mw-redirect" title="European x-ray free electron laser">European x-ray free electron laser</a> opened. The main accelerator is buried 9 m (30 ft) below ground<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and passes underneath <a href="/wiki/Interstate_280_(California)" title="Interstate 280 (California)">Interstate Highway 280</a>. The above-ground <a href="/wiki/Klystron" title="Klystron">klystron</a> gallery atop the <a href="/wiki/Beamline" title="Beamline">beamline</a>, was the longest building in the United States until the <a href="/wiki/LIGO" title="LIGO">LIGO</a> project's twin interferometers were completed in 1999. It is easily distinguishable from the air and is marked as a visual waypoint on aeronautical charts.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A portion of the original linear accelerator is now part of the Linac Coherent Light Source. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLAC_pit_and_detector.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SLAC_pit_and_detector.jpg/220px-SLAC_pit_and_detector.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SLAC_pit_and_detector.jpg/330px-SLAC_pit_and_detector.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SLAC_pit_and_detector.jpg/440px-SLAC_pit_and_detector.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3471" data-file-height="2311" /></a><figcaption>SLC pit and detector</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stanford_Linear_Collider">Stanford Linear Collider</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stanford Linear Collider"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Stanford Linear Collider was a <a href="/wiki/Linear_accelerator" class="mw-redirect" title="Linear accelerator">linear accelerator</a> that collided <a href="/wiki/Electron" title="Electron">electrons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Positron" title="Positron">positrons</a> at SLAC.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Center_of_mass" title="Center of mass">center of mass</a> <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a> was about 90 <a href="/wiki/GeV" class="mw-redirect" title="GeV">GeV</a>, equal to the <a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">mass</a> of the <a href="/wiki/W_and_Z_bosons" title="W and Z bosons">Z boson</a>, which the accelerator was designed to study. Grad student Barrett D. Milliken discovered the first Z <a href="/wiki/Event_(particle_physics)" title="Event (particle physics)">event</a> on 12 April 1989 while poring over the previous day's computer data from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_II_detector&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark II detector (page does not exist)">Mark II detector</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulk of the data was collected by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_Large_Detector&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SLAC Large Detector (page does not exist)">SLAC Large Detector</a>, which came online in 1991. Although largely overshadowed by the <a href="/wiki/Large_Electron%E2%80%93Positron_Collider" title="Large Electron–Positron Collider">Large Electron–Positron Collider</a> at <a href="/wiki/CERN" title="CERN">CERN</a>, which began running in 1989, the highly <a href="/wiki/Helicity_(particle_physics)" title="Helicity (particle physics)">polarized</a> electron beam at SLC (close to 80%<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) made certain unique measurements possible, such as parity violation in Z Boson-b quark coupling.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Presently no beam enters the south and north arcs in the machine, which leads to the Final Focus, therefore this section is mothballed to run beam into the PEP2 section from the beam switchyard. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLAC_detector.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/SLAC_detector.jpg/220px-SLAC_detector.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/SLAC_detector.jpg/330px-SLAC_detector.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/SLAC_detector.jpg/440px-SLAC_detector.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3471" data-file-height="2311" /></a><figcaption>Inside view of the SLD</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SLAC_Large_Detector">SLAC Large Detector</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: SLAC Large Detector"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The SLAC Large Detector (SLD) was the main detector for the Stanford Linear Collider. It was designed primarily to detect Z bosons produced by the accelerator's electron-positron collisions. Built in 1991, the SLD operated from 1992 to 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PEP">PEP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: PEP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PEP (Positron-Electron Project) began operation in 1980, with center-of-mass energies up to 29 GeV. At its apex, PEP had five large particle detectors in operation, as well as a sixth smaller detector. About 300 researchers made used of PEP. PEP stopped operating in 1990, and PEP-II began construction in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PEP-II">PEP-II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: PEP-II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1999 to 2008, the main purpose of the linear accelerator was to inject electrons and positrons into the PEP-II accelerator, an electron-positron collider with a pair of storage rings 2.2 km (1.4 mi) in circumference. PEP-II was host to the <a href="/wiki/BaBar_experiment" title="BaBar experiment">BaBar experiment</a>, one of the so-called <a href="/wiki/B-Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="B-Factory">B-Factory</a> experiments studying <a href="/wiki/CP-symmetry" class="mw-redirect" title="CP-symmetry">charge-parity symmetry</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stanford_Synchrotron_Radiation_Lightsource">Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Synchrotron_Radiation_Lightsource" title="Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource">Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource</a></div> <p>The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) is a <a href="/wiki/Synchrotron_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Synchrotron light">synchrotron light</a> user facility located on the SLAC campus. Originally built for particle physics, it was used in experiments where the <a href="/wiki/J/psi_meson" title="J/psi meson">J/ψ meson</a> was discovered. It is now used exclusively for materials science and biology experiments which take advantage of the high-intensity synchrotron radiation emitted by the stored electron beam to study the structure of molecules. In the early 1990s, an independent electron injector was built for this storage ring, allowing it to operate independently of the main linear accelerator. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GLAST_on_the_payload_attach_fitting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/GLAST_on_the_payload_attach_fitting.jpg/150px-GLAST_on_the_payload_attach_fitting.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/GLAST_on_the_payload_attach_fitting.jpg/225px-GLAST_on_the_payload_attach_fitting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/GLAST_on_the_payload_attach_fitting.jpg/300px-GLAST_on_the_payload_attach_fitting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2014" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescope">Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescope" title="Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope">Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope</a></div> <p>SLAC plays a primary role in the mission and operation of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, launched in August 2008. The principal scientific objectives of this mission are: </p> <ul><li>To understand the mechanisms of particle acceleration in <a href="/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleus" title="Active galactic nucleus">AGNs</a>, pulsars, and <a href="/wiki/Supernova_remnant" title="Supernova remnant">SNRs</a>.</li> <li>To resolve the gamma-ray sky: unidentified sources and diffuse emission.</li> <li>To determine the high-energy behavior of gamma-ray bursts and transients.</li> <li>To probe dark matter and fundamental physics.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="KIPAC">KIPAC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: KIPAC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kavli_Institute_for_Particle_Astrophysics_and_Cosmology" title="Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology">Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology</a></div> <p>The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) is partially housed on the grounds of SLAC, in addition to its presence on the main Stanford campus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PULSE">PULSE</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: PULSE"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Stanford_PULSE_Institute" title="Stanford PULSE Institute">Stanford PULSE Institute</a></div> <p>The Stanford PULSE Institute (PULSE) is a Stanford Independent Laboratory located in the Central Laboratory at SLAC. PULSE was created by Stanford in 2005 to help Stanford faculty and SLAC scientists develop ultrafast x-ray research at LCLS. PULSE research publications can be viewed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?sortby=pubdate&hl=en&user=cJvCrvsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works">here</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LCLS">LCLS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: LCLS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a <a href="/wiki/Free_electron_laser" class="mw-redirect" title="Free electron laser">free electron laser</a> facility located at SLAC. The LCLS is partially a reconstruction of the last 1/3 of the original linear accelerator at SLAC, and can deliver extremely intense x-ray radiation for research in a number of areas. It achieved first lasing in April 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/750px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg" decoding="async" width="750" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/1125px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg/1500px-Stanford-linear-accelerator-usgs-ortho-kaminski-5900.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5900" data-file-height="1480" /></a><figcaption>Aerial photo of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, showing the 3.2 kilometer (2-mile) building housing the accelerator beamline, which passes under <a href="/wiki/Interstate_280_(California)" title="Interstate 280 (California)">Interstate 280</a>. The detector complex is visible to the east, on the right side.</figcaption></figure> <p>The laser produces hard X-rays, 10<sup>9</sup> times the relative brightness of traditional synchrotron sources and is the most powerful x-ray source in the world. LCLS enables a variety of new experiments and provides enhancements for existing experimental methods. Often, x-rays are used to take "snapshots" of objects at the atomic level before obliterating samples. The laser's wavelength, ranging from 6.2 to 0.13 nm (200 to 9500 <a href="/wiki/Electron_volt" class="mw-redirect" title="Electron volt">electron volts</a> (eV))<sup id="cite_ref-SOFT_X-RAY_MATERIALS_SCIENCE_SXR_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOFT_X-RAY_MATERIALS_SCIENCE_SXR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is similar to the width of an atom, providing extremely detailed information that was previously unattainable.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the laser is capable of capturing images with a "shutter speed" measured in femtoseconds, or million-billionths of a second, necessary because the intensity of the beam is often high enough so that the sample explodes on the femtosecond timescale.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SOFT_X-RAY_MATERIALS_SCIENCE_SXR_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOFT_X-RAY_MATERIALS_SCIENCE_SXR-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LCLS-II">LCLS-II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: LCLS-II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The LCLS-II project is to provide a major upgrade to LCLS by adding two new X-ray laser beams. The new system will utilize the 500 m (1,600 ft) of existing tunnel to add a new superconducting accelerator at 4 GeV and two new sets of undulators that will increase the available energy range of LCLS. The advancement from the discoveries using this new capabilities may include new drugs, next-generation computers, and new materials.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FACET">FACET</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: FACET"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, the first two-thirds (~2 km) of the original SLAC LINAC were recommissioned for a new user facility, the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET). This facility was capable of delivering 20 GeV, 3 nC electron (and positron) beams with short bunch lengths and small spot sizes, ideal for beam-driven <a href="/wiki/Plasma_acceleration" title="Plasma acceleration">plasma acceleration</a> studies.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility ended operations in 2016 for the constructions of LCLS-II which will occupy the first third of the SLAC LINAC. The FACET-II project will re-establish electron and positron beams in the middle third of the LINAC for the continuation of beam-driven plasma acceleration studies in 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NLCTA">NLCTA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: NLCTA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) is a 60-120 MeV high-brightness electron beam linear accelerator used for experiments on advanced beam manipulation and acceleration techniques. It is located at SLAC's end station B. A list of relevant research publications can be viewed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/ard_public/tfd/facilities/nlcta/Pages/Recent-Publications.aspx">here</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150915180410/https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/ard_public/tfd/facilities/nlcta/Pages/Recent-Publications.aspx">Archived</a> 15 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theoretical_Physics">Theoretical Physics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Theoretical Physics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/SLAC_Theory_Group" title="SLAC Theory Group">SLAC Theory Group</a></div> <p>SLAC also performs theoretical research in elementary particle physics, including in areas of <a href="/wiki/Quantum_field_theory" title="Quantum field theory">quantum field theory</a>, collider physics, <a href="/wiki/Astroparticle_physics" title="Astroparticle physics">astroparticle physics</a>, and particle phenomenology. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_discoveries">Other discoveries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other discoveries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>SLAC has also been instrumental in the development of the <a href="/wiki/Klystron" title="Klystron">klystron</a>, a high-power <a href="/wiki/Microwave" title="Microwave">microwave</a> amplification tube.</li> <li>There is active research on <a href="/wiki/Plasma_acceleration" title="Plasma acceleration">plasma acceleration</a> with recent successes such as the doubling of the energy of 42 GeV electrons in a meter-scale accelerator.</li> <li>There was a <i><a href="/wiki/Paleoparadoxia" title="Paleoparadoxia">Paleoparadoxia</a></i> found at the SLAC site, and its skeleton can be seen at a small museum there in the Breezeway.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The SSRL facility was used to reveal hidden text in the <a href="/wiki/Archimedes_Palimpsest" title="Archimedes Palimpsest">Archimedes Palimpsest</a>. 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Green Library">Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Branner_Earth_Sciences_Library" title="Branner Earth Sciences Library">Branner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lane_Medical_Library" title="Lane Medical Library">Lane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lathrop_Library" title="Lathrop Library">Lathrop</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_centers_and_institutes" title="Stanford University centers and institutes">Centers and institutes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cancer_Institute" title="Stanford Cancer Institute">Cancer Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_Advanced_Study_in_the_Behavioral_Sciences" title="Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences">Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasso_Plattner_Institute_of_Design" title="Hasso Plattner Institute of Design">Hasso Plattner Institute of Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoover_Institution" title="Hoover Institution">Hoover Institution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_Marine_Station" title="Hopkins Marine Station">Hopkins Marine Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Institute_for_Economic_Policy_Research" title="Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research">Institute for Economic Policy Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Institute_for_Theoretical_Physics" title="Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics">Institute for Theoretical Physics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_Ridge_Biological_Preserve" title="Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve">Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_Medical_Center" title="Stanford University Medical Center">Medical Center</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Synchrotron_Radiation_Lightsource" title="Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource">Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#8C1515;color:white;;width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_Arboretum" title="Stanford University Arboretum">Arboretum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cactus_Garden" title="Arizona Cactus Garden">Arizona Cactus Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bing_Concert_Hall" title="Bing Concert Hall">Bing Concert Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braun_Music_Center" title="Braun Music Center">Braun Music Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iris_%26_B._Gerald_Cantor_Center_for_Visual_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts">Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Clock_Tower" title="Stanford Clock Tower">Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dish_(landmark)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dish (landmark)">Dish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Fire_Truck_House" title="Stanford Fire Truck House">Fire Truck House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frost_Amphitheater" title="Frost Amphitheater">Frost Amphitheater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_Computer_Science_Building,_Stanford" title="Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford">Gates Computer Science Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Earth_Sciences" title="Green Earth Sciences">Green Earth Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haas_Center_for_Public_Service" title="Haas Center for Public Service">Haas Center for Public Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna%E2%80%93Honeycomb_House" title="Hanna–Honeycomb House">Hanna–Honeycomb House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Henry_Hoover_House" title="Lou Henry Hoover House">Hoover House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoover_Tower" title="Hoover Tower">Hoover Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lagunita" title="Lake Lagunita">Lake Lagunita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Quad_(Stanford_University)" title="Main Quad (Stanford University)">Main Quad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oval_(Stanford_University)" title="Oval (Stanford University)">Oval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford,_California" title="Stanford, California">Stanford, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Mausoleum" title="Stanford Mausoleum">Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Memorial_Auditorium" title="Stanford Memorial Auditorium">Memorial Auditorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Memorial_Church" title="Stanford Memorial Church">Memorial Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Research_Park" title="Stanford Research Park">Research Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Shopping_Center" title="Stanford Shopping Center">Shopping Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#8C1515;color:white;;width:1%">Public art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Sentinels" title="Bedford Sentinels">Bedford Sentinels</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boo-Qwilla" title="Boo-Qwilla">Boo-Qwilla</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Column_I" title="Column I">Column I</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Monument" title="Gay Liberation Monument">Gay Liberation Monument</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Luna_Moth_Walk_I" title="Luna Moth Walk I">Luna Moth Walk I</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Union_Fountain" title="Old Union Fountain">Old Union Fountain</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sieve_of_Eratosthenes_(sculpture)" title="The Sieve of Eratosthenes (sculpture)">The Sieve of Eratosthenes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stanford_Legacy" title="The Stanford Legacy">The Stanford Legacy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Alexander_von_Humboldt_(Stanford_University)" title="Statue of Alexander von Humboldt (Stanford University)">Statue of Alexander von Humboldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Benjamin_Franklin_(Stanford_University)" title="Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Stanford University)">Statue of Benjamin Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Johannes_Gutenberg_(Stanford_University)" title="Statue of Johannes Gutenberg (Stanford University)">Statue of Johannes Gutenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Louis_Agassiz" title="Statue of Louis Agassiz">Statue of Louis Agassiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanner_Fountain" title="Tanner Fountain">Tanner Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Memorial_Fountain" title="White Memorial Fountain">White Memorial Fountain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#8C1515;color:white;;width:1%">Publications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Encyclopedia_of_Philosophy" title="Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HighWire_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="HighWire Press">HighWire Press</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_Review" title="Stanford Law Review">Stanford Law Review</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_Press" title="Stanford University Press">Stanford University Press</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#8C1515;color:white;;width:1%">Student life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_student_housing" title="Stanford University student housing">Student housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZSU" title="KZSU">KZSU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Band" title="Stanford Band">Stanford Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stanford_University_a_cappella_groups" title="List of Stanford University a cappella groups">A cappella groups</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Chaparral" title="Stanford Chaparral">Stanford Chaparral</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stanford_Flipside" title="The Stanford Flipside">The Stanford Flipside</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stanford_Daily" title="The Stanford Daily">The Stanford Daily</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stanford_Review" title="The Stanford Review">The Stanford Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fountain_Hopper" title="The Fountain Hopper">The Fountain Hopper</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Tree" title="Stanford Tree">Stanford Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_Association_of_Stanford_Entrepreneurial_Students" title="Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students">Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StartX" title="StartX">StartX</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#8C1515;color:white;;width:1%">Athletics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#8C1515">Overview</span></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal" title="Stanford Cardinal">Stanford Cardinal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-12 Conference</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a>)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#8C1515;color:#FFFFFF;">Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_baseball" title="Stanford Cardinal baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li>Basketball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_men%27s_basketball" title="Stanford Cardinal men's basketball">Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_women%27s_basketball" title="Stanford Cardinal women's basketball">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Game_(American_football)" title="Big Game (American football)">Big Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Play_(American_football)" title="The Play (American football)">The Play</a></li></ul></li> <li>Gymnastics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_men%27s_gymnastics" title="Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics">Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_women%27s_gymnastics" title="Stanford Cardinal women's gymnastics">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Soccer <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_men%27s_soccer" title="Stanford Cardinal men's soccer">Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_women%27s_soccer" title="Stanford Cardinal women's soccer">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_track_and_field" title="Stanford Cardinal track and field">Track and field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_women%27s_volleyball" title="Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball">Women's volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#8C1515;color:#FFFFFF;">Facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrillaga_Family_Rowing_and_Sailing_Center" title="Arrillaga Family Rowing and Sailing Center">Arrillaga Family Rowing and Sailing Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnham_Pavilion_(Stanford_University)" title="Burnham Pavilion (Stanford University)">Burnham Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klein_Field_at_Sunken_Diamond" title="Klein Field at Sunken Diamond">Klein Field at Sunken Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laird_Q._Cagan_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Laird Q. Cagan Stadium">Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maples_Pavilion" title="Maples Pavilion">Maples Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Beach_Volleyball_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium">Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Golf_Course" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford Golf Course">Stanford Golf Course</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Stadium" title="Stanford Stadium">Stanford Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taube_Tennis_Center" title="Taube Tennis Center">Taube Tennis Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#8C1515;color:#FFFFFF;">Misc.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Axe" title="Stanford Axe">Stanford Axe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NACDA_Directors%27_Cup" title="NACDA Directors' Cup">NACDA Directors' 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href="/wiki/Leland_Stanford_Jr." title="Leland Stanford Jr.">Leland Stanford Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland_Stanford" title="Leland Stanford">Leland Stanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Stanford" title="Jane Stanford">Jane Stanford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#8C1515;color:white;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Stanford_University" title="History of Stanford University">History of Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deans_of_Stanford_Law_School" title="List of deans of Stanford Law School">Dean of Stanford Law School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academic_regalia_of_Stanford_University" title="Academic regalia of Stanford University">Academic regalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight-Hennessy_Scholars" title="Knight-Hennessy Scholars">Knight-Hennessy Scholars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_Network" title="Stanford University Network">Stanford University Network (SUN)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orange_County_(film)" title="Orange County (film)">Orange County</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_Red" title="Stanford Cardinal Red">Stanford Cardinal Red</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University_endowment" title="Stanford University endowment">Stanford University endowment (Stanford Management Company)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palo_Alto_Green&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palo Alto Green (page does not exist)">Palo Alto Green</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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