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High Magnetic Field Science
and Its Application in
the United States

CURRENT STATUS AND
FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of
High Magnetic Field Science in the United States

Board on Physics and Astronomy

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

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COMMITTEE TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTION OF HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES

BERTRAND I. HALPERIN, Harvard University, Chair

GABRIEL AEPPLI, University College of London

YOICHI ANDO, Osaka University

MEIGAN ARONSON, Stony Brook University

DIMITRI BASOV, University of California, San Diego

THOMAS F. BUDINGER, University of California, Berkeley

ROBERT DIMEO, National Institute of Standards and Technology

JOHN C. GORE, Vanderbilt University

FRANK HUNTE, North Carolina State University

CHUNG NING (JEANIE) LAU, University of California, Riverside

JAN CORNELIS MAAN, Radboud University Nijmegen

ANN MCDERMOTT, Columbia University

JOSEPH MINERVINI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NAI PHUAN ONG,1 Princeton University

ARTHUR P. RAMIREZ, University of California, Santa Cruz

ZLATKO B. TESANOVIC,2 Johns Hopkins University

ROBERT TYCKO, National Institutes of Health

   Staff

JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director

CARYN J. KNUTSEN, Associate Program Officer

TERI G. THOROWGOOD, Administrative Coordinator

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1 Nai Phuan Ong resigned from the committee on May 18, 2012.

2 Zlatko B. Tesanovic passed away on July 26, 2012.

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BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

PHILIP H. BUCKSBAUM, Stanford University, Chair

DEBRA M. ELMEGREEN, Vassar College, Vice Chair

RICARDO BETI, University of Rochester

ADAM S. BURROWS, Princeton University

TOD DITMIRE, University of Texas, Austin

NATHANIEL J. FISCH, Princeton University

PAUL FLEURY, Yale University

STUART FREEDMAN, University of California, Berkeley

S. JAMES GATES, University of Maryland

LAURA H. GREENE, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

MARTHA P. HAYNES, Cornell University

MARK B. KETCHEN, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ, Northwestern University

PAUL SCHECHTER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BORIS SHRAIMAN, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics

MICHAEL S. TURNER, University of Chicago

ELLEN D. WILLIAMS, PB International

MICHAEL S. WITHERELL, University of California, Santa Barbara

   Staff

JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director

DONALD C. SHAPERO, Senior Scholar

DAVID B. LANG, Program Officer

CARYN J. KNUTSEN, Associate Program Officer

TERI G. THOROWGOOD, Administrative Coordinator

BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate

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ZLATKO B. TESANOVIC
1956-2012

The Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States dedicates this report to a dear friend and valued colleague, Zlatko Tesanovic, who served as a member of this committee, and contributed strongly to it, until his untimely death on July 26, 2012. Zlatko was a condensed matter theorist, with particular research interests in the areas of superconductivity and strongly correlated electron materials. However, his broad knowledge of condensed matter physics, his deep understanding of the effects of strong magnetic fields, and his talent for exposition were influential throughout this report.

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Preface

High-field magnets have become an important research tool in many scientific disciplines. Originally developed for studying the characteristics of materials under extreme conditions, they have increasingly been used by other disciplines, including biology, chemistry, and geology, and have found applications beyond basic science, serving many applied fields from medicine to the petroleum industry. In the United States, high-magnetic-field research principally takes place at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), operated under the auspices of the National Science Foundation (NSF). In the more than 20 years that it has been in existence, NHMFL has emerged as the leading facility in the world for providing researchers, and others, access to the highest magnetic fields available while working at the forefront of developing magnet technology for future users.

In line with this investment, the U.S. government has periodically commissioned a review of the current status and future prospects of the field. The most recent previous review was commissioned in 2003 and its conclusions were published in the National Research Council report Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science (The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2005). At the request of NSF, the National Research Council established the current committee in the spring of 2012 to provide an updated review. The Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States was asked to assess the needs of the U.S. research community for high magnetic fields and to determine the status and identify trends in the use of high magnetic fields throughout science and technology. Based on its assessment, the committee was asked to provide guidance for the future of magnetic-field research and technology

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development in the United States, taking into account worldwide capabilities and any potential for international collaborations or cooperative arrangements. A full statement of the charge to the committee may be found in Appendix A of this report. This report is the work of that committee in response to its charge.

In the course of its efforts, the committee heard from a number of people who either are responsible for providing the capabilities offered through the NHMFL or are among the scientists and agents of federally funded programs relying on those facilities to conduct their research or to meet their programmatic needs. The committee is grateful to those individuals for their information and insights—their presentations and the discussions that followed served as a valuable resource for the committee. The committee is also grateful to the NHMFL staff in Tallahassee and at Los Alamos National Laboratory for their hospitality when members of the committee visited. Finally, I thank the members of this committee and the NRC staff for their diligent efforts in producing this report.

Bertrand I. Halperin, Chair
Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of
  High Magnetic Field Science in the United States

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Amy Andreotti, Iowa State University,
Helene Benveniste, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Collin Broholm, Johns Hopkins University;
Laura Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Neil Kelleher, Northwestern University,
Robert Lindeman, Northrop Grumman (retired),
D. Bruce Montgomery, Magplane Technology,
Andrew Sessler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and
Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The

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review of this report was overseen by John F. Ahearne, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Appointed by the NRC, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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The Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States was convened by the National Research Council in response to a request by the National Science Foundation. This report answers three questions: (1) What is the current state of high-field magnet science, engineering, and technology in the United States, and are there any conspicuous needs to be addressed? (2) What are the current science drivers and which scientific opportunities and challenges can be anticipated over the next ten years? (3) What are the principal existing and planned high magnetic field facilities outside of the United States, what roles have U.S. high field magnet development efforts played in developing those facilities, and what potentials exist for further international collaboration in this area?

A magnetic field is produced by an electrical current in a metal coil. This current exerts an expansive force on the coil, and a magnetic field is "high" if it challenges the strength and current-carrying capacity of the materials that create the field. Although lower magnetic fields can be achieved using commercially available magnets, research in the highest achievable fields has been, and will continue to be, most often performed in large research centers that possess the materials and systems know-how for forefront research. Only a few high field centers exist around the world; in the United States, the principal center is the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL).

High Magnetic Field Science and Its Application in the United States considers continued support for a centralized high-field facility such as NHFML to be the highest priority. This report contains a recommendation for the funding and siting of several new high field nuclear magnetic resonance magnets at user facilities in different regions of the United States. Continued advancement in high-magnetic field science requires substantial investments in magnets with enhanced capabilities. High Magnetic Field Science and Its Application in the United States contains recommendations for the further development of all-superconducting, hybrid, and higher field pulsed magnets that meet ambitious but achievable goals.

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