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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and located in Menlo Park, California.
The SLAC research program centers on experimental and theoretical research in elementary particle physics using electron beams and a broad program of research in atomic and solid-state physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine using synchrotron radiation.
Founded in 1962 as the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the facility is located on 426 acres (1.72 square kilometers) of Stanford University-owned land on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California—just west of the University's main campus. The main accelerator is 2 miles long—the longest linear accelerator in the world—and has been operational since 1966.
Research at SLAC has produced three Nobel Prizes in Physics:
Actors: JP Frydrych (producer), Devin Berko (director), Devin Berko (editor), Adriana Cortez (actress), Xavier Stiles (actor), Xavier Stiles (composer),
Genres: Music, Short,This gem from 1967 shows the fabrication and construction of SLAC's two-mile-long linear accelerator in exacting detail, from raw copper, through precision machining, to final assembly of a completed section. It is testament to the workmanship and engineering shown here that the same accelerator built in this video is going strong today, 50 years later. These days, the "linac" is used both to drive our X-ray free-electron laser, the LCLS, and as a test-bed for experiments investigating new accelerator technologies (FACET).
A revolutionary scientific instrument at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. As the world's most powerful X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source creates unique light that can resolve detail the size of atoms and see processes that occur in less than one tenth of a trillionth of a second. At these unprecedented speeds and scales, the LCLS has embarked on groundbreaking research in physics, structural biology, energy science, chemistry and a host of other fields.
With the spectacular detection by LIGO last year, we have entered the era of gravitational wave astronomy. This entirely new way of looking out into the universe will allow us to observe the dynamics of spacetime during mergers of black holes, collisions of incredibly dense stars and other events where gravity is at its most extreme. This talk will cover what gravitational waves are, how they are created and how we detect them. It will also describe how supercomputer simulations can be harnessed to interpret gravitational wave observations and to understand what Einstein's theory predicts about the violent phenomena that give rise to them. East obtained his PhD in physics from Princeton University. He is the recipient of the American Physical Society's Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doc...
Increased demand for energy storage in consumer electronics, electric vehicles and the power grid presents opportunities and challenges for rechargeable battery research and development. Lithium ion batteries have been the dominant power source for consumer electronics. This lecture reviews the existing technology and presents promising future battery technologies that could have significantly higher energy density, lower cost, better safety and longer life. Novel battery chemistries and materials are key to a revolutionary change. SLAC facilities can play an important role in fundamental and applied research on batteries. Yi Cui is an associate professor at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Tec...
Today we understand matter in a comprehensive way: molecules made of atoms, atoms made of protons, neutrons and electrons, protons and neutrons made of quarks and gluons, and quarks and leptons found in three generations. But normal matter makes up only 4 percent of the matter and energy in the universe. Much of the rest consists of an energy associated with space itself, known as dark energy, that cannot be seen directly and whose nature remains largely unknown. To learn more we must study the portion of the universe we can see – stars, galaxies and galaxy clusters – and we must observe as much of the universe as possible, looking deeply into the past at galaxies billions of light years away. This lecture focuses on the science of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), currently un...
Electrons are SLAC’s DNA. Since the lab’s birth they have generated the high-powered microwaves that propel particles down the two-mile-long linear accelerator. Electrons accelerated by the linac have been used to probe the world of elementary particles, and today they drive the LCLS X-ray laser. Now electrons are at the heart of SLAC’s newest initiative, Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Ultrafast Electron Microscopy (UED/UEM), which will provide another tool for viewing the atomic world. The goal of the initiative is to develop a UED/UEM facility that complements what we can see with LCLS and is uniquely capable of addressing Grand Challenge questions in chemistry, materials science, physics and biology. It will allow scientists to take snapshots of samples in atom-by-atom detail and r...
Cenas da minha formação profissional em Coaching, com Certificação Internacional, na Sociedade Latino Americana de Coaching (SLAC). Aulas com Arline Davis, norte americana, reconhecida internacionalmente como uma das mais competentes professoras de Coaching com PNL do mundo.
The Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring (SPEAR) at SLAC was completed in 1972 and has been used by physicists to discover new particles, most notably the J/psi in 1974 and the tau in 1976. Since then it has undergone two major updates and, now known as SPEAR3, the ring is used exclusively for synchrotron radiation physics at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL). Each year SPEAR3 is shut down for annual maintenance. During this year's shutdown Craig Haggart, an operator at SPEAR3, showed us around and told us a bit about how SPEAR3 works. For more on SPEAR3 visit: http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/content/spear3/spear-history
Lecture Date: Tuesday, July 23rd. Debbie Bard, a staff scientist at SLAC and a member of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, delivered the July 23 SLAC Public Lecture, "The Dark Universe Through Einstein's Lens." Bard's talk explains the phenomenon known as gravitational lensing and how astrophysicists use it to explore the 95 percent of the universe that remains unseen: dark matter and dark energy. One of the most surprising predictions made by Einstein's theory of relativity is that light doesn't travel through the universe in a straight line. The gravitational field of massive objects will deflect the path of light traveling past, giving some very dramatic effects. We see multiple images of quasars, galaxies smeared into arcs and circles and magnified images o...
" romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. "
Menlo Park California Driving into SLAC Nation Accelerator Center
Assembly of a microprobe developed by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL). (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik, Kontakt: Arne Burisch)
Circled San Francisco Bay in the front seat, doors off photo/video mission, aboard a Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter July 6, 2000. Begins wih aerials of the USGS Menlo Park Science Center, Stanford University, Stanford Linear Accelerator, San Andreas fault along Crystal Springs Reservoir, Lake San Andreas, the fault was named for this valley, then up to Pac Bell stadium, San Francisco waterfront, Pier 39, Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Crissy Field, Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, Ocean Beach, Oakland Bay Bridge, University of California at Berkeley, Hayward fault looking both north and south.
When you're floating over Silicon Valley in the gondola / cabin of the Zepellin NT Airship it is surreal, as stable as being in the top floor of a skyscraper and you can look straight down, too, all without getting that awful fear of heights feel of vertigo -- all thanks to Airship Ventures' "Eureka" Zeppelin NT Airship! http://www.airshipventures.com/
Been checkin you for so long
and i feel (feel)
Girl you should let me know what the deal (what the deal)
been peepin out yo vibe(vibe)
think you wanna let me slide(slide)
So what you need to do right now
Is keep it real
i know you want me girl
just like
i want you(i want you)
so stop frontin like you dont
when you do(do)
so if you feel naughty(naughty)
if you really bout it (bout it)
and if you get me rowdy (rowdy)
my love will make you shout it shout it
IF you (feelin like lovin me)
IF you(feelin like kissin me)
if you (feelin like lovin me, holdin me)
If you (feelin like lovin me)
repeat
So on them lonley nights girl there for U
let me come satisfy you for an hour or two(two)
baby dont be shy
cuz im not judgin you
I hungry for your love so let me through
girl lets stop talkin bout them thangs we can do(do)
and lets just be about them thangs we can do(do)
so if you feelin naughty
and if you really bout it bout it
and if you get me rowdy get rowdy rowdy
my love will make you shout it shout it
Chorus
Its a silky silky silky thang
silky silky silky silky thang nah nah nah nah
See I got something for you
meet me in my bedroom
so we can laugh the night away
im tryin to be forreal
wanna show you how i feel
inside
cuz i know that you feelin like.lovin me!
Chorus 3x
The lovers have returned to make me wanna make love to you
so bring yo sexallent body ova here and let me do the things i do
in my bedroom im gone love you down just like a playa would
and turn you out my superstar make you feel real good
I find out if you feelin like lovin me, sexin me, holdin me, kissin me squezzin me
Say yeaaa yeaa
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Oh yeaaaaaaa