The 2007 Annual SFAA SLAC Tour took place on: Saturday - April 7, 2007. Jim Webster set up this years tour of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Tour included a lecture with an overview of particle physics research conducted at SLAC, bus tour of the grounds, a view of the giant detectors required to observe subatomic particles and a stroll down the Klystron Gallery, the world’s longest building.

If you haven’t taken this excursion it’s a great opportunity to see real science in action. According to Jim, besides the tour of the Stanford Linear Accelerator itself, there is plenty of parking and a great free art museum, the Cantor museum on campus and terrific bookstore and probably one of the best shopping malls in the Bay Area.

The main entrance to the facility is on Sand Hill Road, just east of Interstate 280 on the right. After checking in at the guard at the gate, proceed to the Panofsky Auditorium, where our tour will began.

Click here for pictures of our great tour.

Point of fact: Our lecturer's father co-discovered a particle in the 60's!.