Stanford Linear Collider (SLAC)

The Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) was a high-energy particle accelerator located at Stanford University, designed to collide electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons, at nearly the speed of light. It aimed to study fundamental particles and forces by analyzing the results of these collisions. As a linear accelerator, it used a straight path to accelerate particles before collision, allowing precise examination of subatomic components. Operated from the late 1980s until 1998, the SLC contributed valuable insights into particle physics and helped pave the way for future accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider.