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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectRobert B. Palmer
Dates
February 28, 1934 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Palmer, Robert B., 1934-
Biography
Abstract
Robert Palmer is Head of the Advanced Accelerator Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1994-present). His research interests include cooling systems for a muon collider and the behavior to high-gradient rf cavities in a magnetic field.
Important Dates
February 28, 1934Birth, London (England).
1956Obtained BSc, Imperial College London, London (England).
1959Obtained PhD in Physics, Imperial College London, London (England).
1959 – 1960Research Associate, Imperial College London.
1960 – presentResearcher, Bubble Chamber Group (1960-1970); Deputy Leader, "Omega Group" (1970-1975); Senior Physicist (1974-present); Leader, "Omega Group" (1975-1982); Head, Magnet Division, Colliding Beam Accelerator (CBA) Project (1982-1983); Associate Director, High Energy Physics (1983-1986); Head, Center for Accelerator Physics (1987-1996); Spokesperson and Member, Executive Board, Muon Collider Collaboration (1997-1999); and Head, Advanced Accelerator Group (1994-present), Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1971 – 1972Visiting Scientist, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
1982 – 1985Member, Executive Committee, Division of Particles and Fields, American Physical Society.
1983 – 1986Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Department of Energy.
1987 – 1990Member, International Committee for Future Accelerators, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
1987 – 1990Physicist, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
1989 – 1991Member, Scientific Policy Committee (1989-1991) and Chair, 5cm Dipole Magnet Task Force (1990-1991), Superconducting Super Collider.
1990 – 1996Physicist, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
1992 – 1998Adjunct Professor, State University of New York, Stonybrook.
1993Awarded W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, American Physical Society.
1997 – presentVisiting Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
1999Awarded Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators, American Physical Society.
2008Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Researcher, Bubble Chamber Group; Deputy Leader, "Omega Group"; Senior Physicist; Leader, "Omega Group"; Head, Magnet Division, Colliding Beam Accelerator (CBA) Project; Associate Director, High Energy Physics; Head, Center for Accelerator Physics; Spokesperson and Member, Executive Board, Muon Collider Collaboration; and Head, Advanced Accelerator Group.
Imperial College, London. Department of Physics
Obtained BSc (1956) and PhD (1959). Research Associate.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Physicist.
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics
Adjunct Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Member, Executive Committee, Division of Particles and Fields; received 1993 W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics; and received 1999 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators.
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Visiting Scientist.
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Member, International Committee for Future Accelerators.
Visiting Scientist.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Chair, 5cm Dipole Magnet Task Force and Member, Scientific Policy Committee.
United States. Department of Energy
Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Andrew Pickering interviews conducted for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS, 1978-1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Brookhaven Associate Director for High Energy and Nuclear Physics records, 1960-[ongoing].
BNL Bldg. 510-A. Office of the Associate Director for High Energy and Nuclear Physics
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, Long Island, NY 11973, USA