Due to the limited time windows for tours for the shortened 1-week long program this year, maybe only some of the tour options listed below will actually be offered. Please fill in the tour preference online survey below and watch for updates here for eventual consolidated tour schedule based on the tour interest levels expressed in the survey.
Tour schedule
Need to choose only one of the two tours on each day. Please gather at Redwood Room at 1:30pm sharp.
| Tuesday | Aug/11 1:30pm | B33/QIS | or | Klystron Gallery |
| Wednesday | Aug/12 1:30pm | B33/ATLAS | or | Klystron Gallery |
B33 Quantum Devices and ATLAS ITk Pixel Upgrade
Building 33 hosts several instrumentation projects. The original hope to run all tour spots in B33 on same day unfortunately was no viable so that tour on each day will only one area of activities:
a) Tuesday August/11 only: QIS experimental platforms, including a superconducting Qbits setup.
b) Wednesday August/12 only: ATLAS ITk pixel upgrade construction activities for HL-LHC, with cleanroom window view of construction setups and assembled detector components.
Klystron Gallery
Klystrons as far as the eye can see generate the microwaves which power the SLAC linac. A stop at the Visitor’s Gallery along the two mile accelerator, shows the critical linac components, explains their workings, and provides a spectacular visual experience. A “must-see” at SLAC. You can find an aeriel view of SLAC on YouTube.
Two sessions: Aug/11 and Aug/12
KIPAC Visualization Lab
Whether it is Terabytes of simulation output or experimental data, KIPAC researchers exploit modern visualization techniques to extract the maximum amount of information from their data. More often than not that means to write new tools at the cutting edge of scientific visualization. This work is done in the specially constructed Schwob Computing and Information Center. Read more...
Not scheduled this year.