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Hours: By appointment Monday-Friday during regular work hours.

Contact: Via e-mail slacarc[@]slac.stanford.edu, at (650) 926-3091, or by mail addressed to: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Archives and History Office, M/S 82, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

Location: Central Laboratory, Rm. G237.

Directions: Offices are being moved at present. Please call x3091 or x8584 for directions du jour. 

SLACspeak

Glossary of SLAC-related Photon Science, Particle and Astroparticle Science, and HEP-related acronyms and terms

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  • browse term internet
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Send corrections to jmdeken@slac.stanford.edu or propose new terms for SLACspeak.

Further Definitions

Further definitions of SLAC-related terms can be found in the SLAC Virtual Visitor's Center Glossary of common SLAC and High-Energy Physics terms, the BIS glossary (words used in our Business Information System and its related web sites), The Business Services Division Data Warehouse / MicroStrategy Glossary or the Particle Detector BriefBook.

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Last Updated: 02/27/2007