SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Managed by Stanford University, the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is a multi-program laboratory and a world leader in X-ray and ultrafast science due in large part to its facilities:

• The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
• The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), a pioneering X-ray free-electron laser

SLAC is also home to the Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center and the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II). To support the 700-meter superconducting linear accelerator that will power the LCLS-II upgrade, SLAC relies on two cryoplants capable of providing up to 8.0 kW at 2.0 K of cooling.

The LCLS-II will put SLAC on the map as one of the largest cryogenic facilities in the world. Cryogenics are also instrumental to the lab’s development of detectors and sensors for technological innovation and fundamental physics experiments that probe the origin and nature of the universe, including SuperCDMS, LUX-ZEPLIN and Cosmic Microwave Background-Stage 4 (CMB-S4).