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