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Lessons Learned: NLCTA Modulator Fire
By Robert Reek
 On July 9, a
small fire occurred just after midnight in the PFN cabinet of NLCTA
Modulator 1. This fire highlighted both the effectiveness of our
emergency response systems and the ongoing need to analyze and respond
to events such as this.
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SLAC Makes the World’s Shortest Bunches
By Heather Rock Woods
Using all two miles of the linear accelerator (linac),
as well as loops and bends in the beam, and a usually troublesome effect
called a wakefield, SLAC has made the world’s shortest bunches of
electrons: 12 microns (millionths of a meter) long and 80 femtoseconds
(one quadrillionth of a second) fast.
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SPEAR2 Magnets Available to DOE Facilities
By Heather Rock Woods
Literally tons of magnets are free for the taking by
groups at SLAC, Stanford and other DOE facilities.
The magnets ran SSRL’s storage ring until it was
dismantled in April to make way for SPEAR3, which will use more powerful
magnets to create brighter x-rays with higher photon flux. About 300
tons of magnets, sitting on seven-ton concrete girders, were either
rolled out of the SPEAR tunnel or lifted out by crane in the few places
where the roof was removed.
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Busy Schedule for QuarkNet 2003 Workshop
By Tom Glanzman and Molly Uhl
Earlier this summer, 18 high school and junior high
school teachers became students once again in order to learn about
particle physics. The QuarkNet workshop took place at SLAC and Stanford
from June 19 to July 3, hosting teachers mostly from the Bay Area, but
also from as far away as Washington State.
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