FACET-II facility (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

FACET-II facility

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FACET-II uses the middle third of the lab's 2-mile-long linear accelerator (SLAC ground plan at top). It sends a beam of electrons (blue line) from the electron source (bottom left) to the experimental area (bottom right), where it arrives with an energy of 10 billion electronvolts. The design allows for adding the capability to produce and accelerate positrons (bottom, red line) later.

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Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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