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Palo Alto, CA. , U.S.A. 



STANFORD LINEAR COLLIDER (SLC) 



Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) 



U.S. Dept. of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor : High-energy physics 



Description of Facility/Instrument ; This Is an experimental accelera- 

 tor used to develop the design and to test key technical Issues 

 of the linear collider concept as a potentially cost-effective 

 approach to high luminosity and very high-energy electron-positron 

 collisions. It also provides a source of electron-positron colli- 

 sions at 100 GeV center-of-mass energy which Is expected to pro- 

 vide the earliest capability for producing copious quantities of 

 Z particles In electron-positron collisions. 



Date of Construction ; 1984-1986 



Construction Cost ; 1984 $$ ; $110 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Natlonallty(s) of Ownership : U.S. 



Natlonallty(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 



Natlonallty(s) of Management Staff : U.S. 



Nationallty(s) of Researchers : (See the SLAC Linear Accelerator 



for a list of international researchers and a discussion of 



international cooperation.) 



Potential for Future International Cooperation : Beam time at this 



facility will be available without charge for the best research 

 proposals worldwide, as at all forefront world high-energy physics 

 facilities. 



