In Russia, a klystron was manufactured and launched — a powerful high-frequency amplifier that is necessary for the operation of linear electron and positron accelerators (colliders, synchrotrons, ...

Accelerator technology pioneered at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is on its way to powering X-ray science in South Korea: On Aug. 6, the lab shipped one of its unique ...

SLAC partners with industry to produce klystrons, the heart of accelerators in labs and medical facilities around the world. Klystrons, lightly humming machines that convert electron beams into ...

The near-perfect weather in California inspires many SLAC employees to enjoy jogging and walking at lunch time. The long, straight stretch beside the world's longest building, the klystron gallery of ...

Thirty feet beneath the hills of Menlo Park, scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator have worked for the past half century to alter our fundamental understanding of the universe. The ...

The most well-known use of high voltage pulses is in electric fences on farms. However, particle accelerators in large-scale research facilities such as CERN in Geneva also rely on high voltage pulse ...