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Uwe Bergmann
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
TEDX Gunn High School, Palo Alto CA, May 26, 2011
Seeing the Invisible
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen 1895
Rosalind Franklin
Photo 51, 1952
DNA - The Molecule of Life
James D. Watson Francis Crick
X-Ray Diffraction
Iron
Calcium
Energy
Zinc
Inte
nsity
X-Ray Spectroscopy
Chlorine
Copper
Phosphorus
Water Molecule
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
LCLS The X-Ray Laser
Undulator Hall
Where the X-rays are created
Imaging Biological Systems
Single shot diffraction of a live virus Reconstructed image
1 micrometer
The LCLS is starting a new era in
fundamental science