Spotlight
35th AnniversaryX-ray science at SLAC began with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Project (SSRP). A successful pilot project at SPEAR led to the National Science Foundation funding the SSRP which began operations in May 1974, 8 months ahead of schedule. SSRP was the world's first synchrotron radiation hard x-ray light source based on an electron storage ring and led to a revolution in x-ray science. --------------- Past spotlights Welcome!SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is one of the world's leading research laboratories. Established in 1962 at Stanford University in Menlo Park, California, as a particle physics research center, SLAC is now a multipurpose laboratory for astrophysics, photon science, accelerator and particle physics research. SLAC's Archives and History Office is a coordinate archive to the Stanford University Archives. As such, it ensures that the Laboratory's history is identified, collected, preserved and made accessible to the SLAC and Stanford communities, to researchers and to the public. Founded in 1989, the AHO has primary responsibility for the Laboratory's documentary heritage, but relies on the community to help it in this endeavor. The SLAC Archives and History Office has the following responsibilities:
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