The Status of the Slac Linear Collider and of the Mark Ii Detector ’ ) -

At SLAC we are currently involved in the exciting challenge of commissioning the first example of a new type of colliding beam accelerator, the SLAC Linear Collider, or SLC. The goals of the SLC are twc+fold. It will explore the concept of linear colliders, and it will allow the study of physics on the Z” resonance. It accomplishes these goals by exploiting the existing SLAC linac and the large visible cross-section of approximately thirty nanobarns of the Z”. The MARK II detector will have the opportunity to be first to explore the physics in this regime.