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The Stanford Linear Accelerator is the world's largest and most powerful linear particle accelerator. It uses electricity to accelerate and collide subatomic particles. The device is located in the Stanford Linear Acelerator Center, a scientific research facility operated by Stanford University and overseen by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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- Built in 1962
- Accelerator is two miles long
- Longest linear accelerator in the world
- Composed of about 100,000 precision-made pieces
- Entire device is aligned to within twenty-thousandths of an inchIEEE History Center: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 1962
- Facility director Neil Calder described it as "the world's straightest object"SFGate: Silicon Valley: It's where brains meet bucks (October 23, 2005)
- Uses microwave radiation to speed up electrons
- Generates an electric field of about 30 billion volts
- Has contributed to three Nobel Prizes in PhysicsIEEE History Center: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 1962
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My Bi Polar came into effect when I was layed off from my job of 15 years at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
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