Accelerator Directorate | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Welcome to the SLAC Accelerator Directorate

Our vision is to create an environment that fosters world leading accelerator science and technologies for future accelerators while enabling user research and accelerator R&D programs today.

Our mission is two-fold:

Deliver beams safely and effectively in support of today's research programs based on world class operational performance and insightful anticipation of programmatic needs.
Deliver client value in an R&D portfolio for accelerator science and key technology capabilities to ensure SLAC remains the laboratory of choice when establishing future accelerators at the frontier of science.