Stanford University

Description: Stanford University is one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. It is located in Palo Alto, California.

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Stanford.edu has 1,431 URLs listed in 1,077 Dmoz categories.

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - SLAC
Design, construct and operate electron accelerators and related experimental facilities for use in high-energy physics and synchrotron radiation research. Includes publications, education, and facility tours.
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/
Top/Science/Physics/Particle/Research_Centers/Accelerators

Accelerator Form and Function
Explains what they are used for, the different types, and how they work. A virtual tour from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/accelerator.html
Top/Science/Physics/Particle/Research_Centers/Accelerators

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Includes descriptions of research being undertaken, technical parameters and a user guide, and administrative information.
http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/welcome.html
Top/Science/Physics/Particle/Research_Centers/Accelerators/Synchrotrons

HEP Institutions on the Web
Index by country; from SPIRES. It gives the full address and phone/fax/url of the institution in addition to links to papers in HEP and people in HEPNAMES.
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/institutions/
Top/Science/Physics/Particle/Research_Groups

Pandora
A physics event generator for linear collider studies. It includes beamstrahlung, initial state radiation, hadronization, and full treatment of polarization effects.
http://www-sldnt.slac.stanford.edu/nld/new/Docs/Generators/PANDORA.htm
Top/Science/Physics/Particle/Software

Parity
An overview of Parity in quantum mechanics and of the ways to break quantum mechanical symmetry.
http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/parity.html
Top/Science/Physics/Quantum_Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics
A survey of quantum mechanics from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm/
Top/Science/Physics/Quantum_Mechanics

Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, the first general attempt to understand the world of atoms as this is represented by quantum mechanics.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/
Top/Science/Physics/Quantum_Mechanics

Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
Describes Everett's attempt to solve the measurement problem by dropping the collapse dynamics from the standard von Neumann-Dirac theory of quantum mechanics. From the Stanford Encyclopedia.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/
Top/Science/Physics/Quantum_Mechanics/Interpretations

Measurement in Quantum Theory
Collapse of the wave function, role of the observer in QM; From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Henry Krips.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-measurement/
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