SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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accelerator laboratory astrophysics research institute national laboratory particle physics laboratory

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national lab in California known for its cutting-edge research in particle physics, astrophysics, and accelerator science.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	accelerator laboratory → astrophysics research institute → national laboratory → particle physics laboratory →
abbreviation	SLAC →
campus	Stanford University campus vicinity →
collaboratesWith	Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology → Stanford University Department of Physics →
country	United States of America →
dateFounded	1962 →
dateRenamed	2008 →
employerOf	engineers → research scientists → technical staff →
foundedBy	United States Atomic Energy Commission →
fundedBy	United States Department of Energy Office of Science →
hasDirector	John Sarrao →
hasFacility	2-mile linear accelerator → LCLS-II → Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) → SPEAR3 synchrotron light source → Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) → Stanford Positron Electron Asymmetric Ring (SPEAR) →
hasMission	to explore frontier questions in particle physics, astrophysics, and photon science →
hasResearchField	accelerator science → astrophysics → chemistry → cosmology → energy science → high-energy physics → materials science → particle physics → photon science →
knownFor	B-meson physics → X-ray free-electron laser research → contributions to the Standard Model of particle physics → deep inelastic scattering experiments → discovery of quark structure of matter → gamma-ray astrophysics → longest linear accelerator in the world →
locatedIn	California → Menlo Park, California → San Mateo County, California → United States →
operatedBy	Stanford University →
originalName	Stanford Linear Accelerator Center →
ownedBy	United States Department of Energy →
partOf	United States Department of Energy Office of Science →
renamedAs	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory →
website	https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/ →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ("SLAC") →	abbreviation
Stanford Computer Science Department ("Stanford Linear Accelerator Center") →	collaboratesWith
tau lepton ("SLAC") →	discoveredAt
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ("Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)") →	hasFacility
United States Department of Energy national laboratory system →	hasPart
Menlo Park, California →	hostsInstitution
SLD →	laboratory
SLD →	locatedAt
INSPIRE-HEP ("SLAC") →	operatedBy
Stanford University →	operatesCampus
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ("Stanford Linear Accelerator Center") →	originalName
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory →	renamedAs
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ("https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/") →	website
Jerome Friedman →	workplace