Klaus Halbach

Klaus Halbach
Halbach c. 1980s
Born	(1925-02-03)February 3, 1925 Wuppertal, Weimar Republic
Died	May 11, 2000(2000-05-11) (aged 75) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Basel
Known for	Halbach array
Scientific career
Fields	Accelerator physics, nuclear physics
Institutions	University of Fribourg Stanford University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thesis	Über eine neue Methode zur Messung von Relaxationszeiten und über den Spin von Cr53  (1954)

Klaus Halbach (February 3, 1925 – May 11, 2000) was a German-born American applied physicist, engineer and inventor, who was a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is best known for his contributions to magnetic system designs for accelerators and nuclear instrumentation. Halbach array is named after him.