SLAC SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 2575 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 7015 slac.stanford.edu National Accelerator Laboratory Great Lab. Great University. Great Science. The 430-acre campus of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is located in Silicon Valley, 30 miles southeast of San Francisco, Calif., on the Stanford University campus. For more information about SLAC, please visit slac.stanford.edu. Our Vision. Our Mission. Our Values.
Vision SLAC is a leader in exploring frontier questions of science. Our facilities are used to solve scientific mysteries from the workings of subatomic particles to the structure and function of matter to the nature of the cosmos with the potential to improve life for all of us. Who are we? We are one of 10 national laboratories under the stewardship of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Our state-of-the-art instrumentation and facilities are used by more than 3,000 researchers from government, academia and industry each year to advance scientific discoveries. We were founded in 1962, and in our 50-year history, we have enabled numerous scientific advances in areas ranging from energy and material sciences to particle physics and drug discovery and even the World Wide Web. Research conducted at SLAC has resulted in six Nobel Prizes to date. We are operated by Stanford University, one of the world s great institutions for research and higher education. Our Vision 3
Mission SLAC is a multi-program laboratory exploring frontier questions in accelerator research, particle physics and astrophysics, and the structure and function of matter. Our mission is to: Grow into a premier photon science laboratory. For SLAC, being a premier photon science laboratory means two things: Our X-ray research facilities must be among the best in the world, a trusted destination for scientists from all over the globe. And we must constantly expand our in-house research capabilities, so SLAC s own world-class scientists can make groundbreaking discoveries here. Maintain our position as the premier accelerator laboratory. Throughout our history, SLAC s two-mile linear accelerator has produced high-energy electrons for revolutionary physics experiments. Our capabilities in accelerator technologies are foundational to the laboratory s existence. Whether fine-tuning existing technologies to improve experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), or spearheading research and development into the next generation of facilities, SLAC s goal is to continue to provide the best accelerator technologies to the nation and the world. Pursue strategic programs in particle physics, particle astrophysics and cosmology. SLAC has a rich history in particle physics, one that has yielded great discoveries over the last five decades. Our work in this area continues, with programs aimed at better understanding the fundamental building blocks of matter and the great mysteries of the universe. 4 Our Mission Our Mission 5
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Values Our values are the foundation of our ability to do outstanding science. Our values are: One Lab Taking action based on what is best for the lab and the scientific community, guided by our mission. Excellence Performing with distinction, delivering high-value research and operations. Safety Maintaining the health and safety of our staff and visitors and protecting our environment. Diversity Encouraging a respectful and professional work environment that values diversity of every kind as central to our success. Communication Fostering an open environment for individual and organizational communication. Play to Win Striving to be the best in everything we do, and delivering on our commitments to our collaborators and to our customers. 8 Our Values Our Values 9
Future SLAC is poised to welcome a frontier of discovery unlike any other in our 50-year history. Our areas of exploration include: Designing new materials for alternative energy. Scientists at SLAC are focusing on the atomic-scale design of materials for energy production and storage. Examples of SLAC research critical to future energy technologies are the use of catalysts to create cleaner fuels and to develop sustainable processes for the production of chemicals and materials, and making materials for better, more efficient batteries for energy storage. Developing smaller and more powerful accelerators. SLAC is at the forefront of experiments aimed at improving the power and efficiency of particle accelerators used in basic research, medicine, industry and other areas important to society. By inducing electrons to surf on waves of plasma, researchers have accelerated these particles to 1,000 times greater energies over a given distance than ever before. Pursuing dark matter and dark energy. SLAC is leading the construction of the world s biggest digital camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will undertake the widest and deepest sky survey ever, providing a movie of the transient universe and allowing precise probes of dark energy. It will also fabricate the super-cooled crystals at the heart of the next-generation Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment. Making molecular movies. The ultra-fast, ultra-bright X-rays of SLAC s LCLS are giving researchers an unprecedented view of the atomic world. Advanced instrumentation and expertise at the facility will soon enable the creation of the world s first molecular movies, revealing chemistry behind the processes of life. 10 Our Future Our Future 11