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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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Fast Facts
- 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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Geological investigation of the Stanford two-mile linear accelerator site,
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Beam Instrumentation: Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, CA, 4-7 May 1998 (AIP Conference Proceedings / ... Beams, and Instrumentations) (v. 451) - $155.00
This volume is the eighth of a series of biennial Beam Instrumentation Workshop Proceedings. It addresses design principles and engineering issues of beam diagnostic and control instrumentation for charged-particle accelerators and for beam...
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Ground-water conditions at the proposed site of the Stanford two-mile linear electron accelerator site, San Mateo County, California
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Pulsers for the Stanford linear electron accelerators (M.L. report)
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Preliminary geological investigation of the Sand Hill and Felt Lake linear accelerator sites, Stanford University;
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http://2GreenEnergy.com - http://tinyurl.com/yhakq46 - Interview at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
@CraigShields | November 09, 2009 03:24 PM -
@200e I'm positive I've lost a few electrons near the Stanford Linear Accelerator (bad physics joke).
@alt_mode | November 06, 2009 05:20 AM -
currently in stanford linear accelerator control room. pretty cool. http://yfrog.com/16jghij
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@alt_mode ha! i work on sand hill all the time! i hope you've at least taken some time to admire the stanford linear accelerator!
@200e | November 05, 2009 11:56 PM
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Stanford Linear Accelerator Photos and Media
- Wired: Multimedia: World's Longest Accelerator Probes Universe's Tiniest Particles (February 18, 2008)
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