SLAC
May 2013
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May 24, 2013signal to background: Accelerator physicists design cargo X-ray scannerTwo SLAC physicists help design and build X-ray devices that scan cargo containers for nuclear materials and other hazards.
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May 23, 2013signal to background: FACET boosts plasma accelerationUpgrades to the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests—including a new 10-terawatt laser—will assist in R&D for new methods of particle acceleration.
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May 12, 2013signal to background: The top 40 physics hits of 2012The Higgs boson is a popular subject among the most-cited physics papers of 2012, but a particle simulation manual takes the top spot.
April 2013
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April 26, 2013signal to background: SLAC’s historic ‘End Station A’ hosts electron beams againA new facility opens for experiments in SLAC’s historic End Station A, where the first evidence for quarks was discovered.
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April 23, 2013explain it in 60 seconds: Plasma accelerationLike surfers on huge ocean waves, electrons can ride waves of plasma to very high energies.
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April 15, 2013breaking: Underground experiment sees possible hints of dark matterThe Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment adds new intrigue to the hunt for dark matter.
March 2013
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March 15, 2013signal to background: A different spinIn physics, spinors are used to plot the spin properties of elementary particles. In Stanford's recreational softball league, it's a whole different story.
February 2013
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February 28, 2013signal to background: Fighting for academic freedom, one scholar at a timeHerman Winick thought making synchrotrons was his life’s work, but life had a few surprises in store.
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February 15, 2013breaking: Cosmic rays born in supernova aftermathOne hundred years after the discovery of cosmic rays, a team of particle astrophysicists has definitively determined one source of these abundant yet enigmatic particles.
January 2013
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January 29, 2013breaking: BaBar searches for new physics in invisible decaysOn the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model, scientists recently searched BaBar data for evidence of invisible particles.
December 2012
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December 18, 2012feature: A model partnershipBucking the “ivory tower” stereotype, particle theorists dive into Large Hadron Collider experimental searches and come up with a new way to look at the data.
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December 13, 2012breaking: Ironing out an astrophysics problemUsing an X-ray laser, scientists unravel the longstanding conundrum of why extreme plasmas in space look different than expected.
November 2012
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November 27, 2012breaking: Stellar black widows entrap companion starsOf the hundreds of objects in the universe emitting gamma rays, two look to be "black widows," ancient stars extending their lives by sucking in material from companion stars. Stanford physicist Roger Romani is hot on the trail of these extreme stars.
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November 19, 2012breaking: Arrow of time prefers to point forwardTo a single, isolated particle, time’s arrow could work just as well pointing forward as backward. But it doesn’t, says the BaBar collaboration.
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November 1, 2012signal to background: How to woo an audience, with help from Alan AldaIn late October, 30 scientists spent two days in a communication workshop, learning that successful communication is both simpler and riskier than they realized.
October 2012
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October 30, 2012signal to background: Video: A synchrotron rescues an ancient warshipRitimukta Sarangi explains how knowledge gained at a light source has helped save wooden artifacts including the Mary Rose, a 500-year-old warship.
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October 23, 2012breaking: SLAC gets a new directorX-ray scientist Chi-Chang Kao will serve as SLAC's fifth director, assuming the role on November 1.
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October 19, 2012signal to background: Learning to play the dark matter boogieA growing suite of computational instruments is helping scientists determine how fast local concentrations of dark matter move, which in turn could help them cut in on the dance of dark matter particles.
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October 16, 2012feature: Bringing the universe into full focusFrom supernova explosions to writhing tendrils of dark matter, visualizations give new life to models and theories.
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October 12, 2012signal to background: Video: Making an accelerator runYou're invited behind the scenes to see where klystrons, the devices that power particle accelerators, are born.
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