PEP-II recently attained its own record beam luminosity, generating twice as many collisions per second as the machine was designed to deliver.

During owl shift on May 3, the Main Control Center (MCC) operators achieved a record peak luminosity of 6.1 x 10³³ cm^-2s^-1, double the machine’s design luminosity. The
best peak luminosity last year was 4.6 x 10³³ cm^-2s^-1.

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Congratulations are in order for SLAC Theorist Helen Quinn, elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 29. A most prestigious means of recognition for a U.S. scientist, NAS was founded in 1863 by "a congressional act of incorporation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, which calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology," according to their Web site.

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Art for Science, Science for Art

Can you fit 500 people into the Breezeway? No problem, if 400 are photographic portraits and the remainder are the enthusiastic crowd who came to the opening of the exhibition ‘Interface: People Who Make SLAC Work.’

By Lisa Mongetta

What do electronics, ice cream, metrology, Graham George, hot dogs, cryogenics and 156 excited children have in common?

They are all part of Kids Day @ SLAC 2003. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, July 15, as this promises to be another fun filled educational and career choice exposure event for our children as well as our many volunteers.

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