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Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL)

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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Director: Joachim Stöhr

Web Site: http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu

SSRL, a division of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a National User Facility which provides synchrotron radiation, a name given to x-rays or light produced by electrons circulating in a storage ring at nearly the speed of light. These extremely bright x-rays can be used to investigate forms of matter ranging from objects of atomic and molecular size to man-made materials with unusual properties. The obtained information and knowledge is of great value to society, with impact in areas such as the environment, future technologies, health, and national security. Many of SSRL's 22 faculty hold joint appointments with campus departments.

SSRL has research programs in materials science, chemistry, structural biology, and ultrafast science, as well as accelerator physics and development of advanced sources of synchrotron radiation, especially ultra short pulse, x-ray free electron lasers. The lab is interdisciplinary with graduate students pursuing degrees from Stanford campus departments that include Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, and Structural Biology.

Students interested in working at the facility should contact a member of the SSRL faculty, one of the assistant directors, or other members of the Stanford faculty who use SSRL in their research programs; see http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/faculty/.

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