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“TRIBUTE TO THE STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1718-E1719 on Oct. 2, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO THE STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER ON THE OCCASION OF
ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
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HON. ANNA G. ESHOO
of california
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
Ms. ESHOO Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of the world's most renowned science research facilities, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, SLAC, located in the distinguished 14th Congressional District of California, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary celebration.
Hailed as one of the world's leading research laboratories, SLAC was established in 1962 at Stanford University with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy to design, construct and operate state-of-the-art electron accelerators and related experimental facilities for use in high-energy physics and synchrotron radiation research.
Since its inception, SLAC has made enormous and lasting contributions to the fields of science and technology. To name but a few, the Laboratory led the development of particle accelerators that were at first used for pure research, then later developed for many practical applications including the daily use of medical accelerators in our nation's hospitals. SLAC's research in particle physics has also given scientists a new understanding of how our universe was constructed with the discovery of quarks, the smallest known components of matter. SLAC was also the first laboratory in the world to create a user facility using synchrotron radiation for research now conducted in medical science, biology, chemistry, physics, materials science and environmental science. Our nation even learned about the World Wide Web through SLAC, where the first American World Wide Web site was established.
Many of SLAC's extraordinary accomplishments and the Laboratory's high-energy physics program is made possible by SLAC's B-Factory. I'm proud to have led the successful effort in Congress to build the B-
Factory at SLAC, upgrading an earlier electron-positron collider. This state-of-the-art instrument most recently helped obtain conclusive evidence of how B mesons disintegrate, giving scientists clues to the subtle difference between matter and antimatter. The B-Factory is a vital component of SLAC, making the Laboratory an internationally recognized facility, with over 3,000 scientists visiting from U.S. universities, national laboratories, private industries and foreign countries each year.
SLAC's remarkable work has been honored with three Nobel Prizes awarded to SLAC faculty professors, demonstrating the enormous contributions SLAC has made and will continue to make in science and technology. The history and achievements of SLAC have not only made it one of the leading research facilities in the world, but also one of our nation's greatest treasures.
Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and all its scientists, researchers, faculty and staff on the occasion of its 40'h anniversary celebration. We're a better, more scientifically and technologically advanced, and safer nation because of SLAC and its extraordinary accomplishments.
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