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Abstract: Part of the Nuclear Science Division, the 88-Inch Cyclotron supports ongoing research programs in nuclear structure, heavy element studies, isotope studies, and technology R&D with strong connections between Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley. Major instrumentation at the 88-Inch Cyclotron include the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator (BGS) and the superconducting VENUS ion source, one of the most powerful Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources in the world. The 88-Inch Cyclotron is also home to the Berkeley Accelerator Space Effects (BASE) Facility, which provides well-characterized beams of protons and heavy-ions that simulate the space environment. The National Security Space (NSS) community and researchers from other government, university, commercial and international institutions use these beams to understand the effects of radiation on microelectronics, optics, materials, and cells. This talk will describe the different science activities and test capabilities co-located at the cyclotron.
Dr. Phair received a B.S. degree in Physics (with a minor Mathematics) at BYU in 1988. He pursued graduate studies at Michigan State University receiving his Ph.D. degree in nuclear physics in 1993 (dissertation topic: multifragment emission in central collisions of Ar36 + Au197 at E/A = 50, 80 and 110 MeV). After graduation he spent three years working as a post-doc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) where he studied low energy nuclear reactions. In 1996 he accepted a project scientist position at the lab. In 1999 he obtained a permanent staff scientist position. In 2008, he became the research coordinator of the 88-Inch Cyclotron at LBNL and since 2010 he has served as the program head of the Cyclotron. He has published 125+ peer-reviewed papers, mostly in nuclear physics journals, but also in medical physics, accelerator physics, astrophysics, and statistical physics.