Video & Audio

Flight over the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt.
(0:31 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

Maintenance work at the Alvarez structure of the linear accelerator UNILAC
During the maintenance work at the Alvarez structure of UNILAC, the staff of GSI searchs inter alia for leaks in the accelerator tank with a helium tip. The tank is only open during maintenance work, during operation they are under vacuum.
(0:46 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

Zoom into the Alvarez structure of the linear accelerator UNILAC
Close-up of the drift tubes of the Alvarez structure in UNILAC. The holes in the cylinders are well visible, through which the ion beam passes. The tank is only opened for maintenance work, during operation they are under vacuum.
(0:15 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

Tour along the ring accelerator SIS
The ring accelerator consists of two accelerator sections (silver) and various magnet types that hold the beam in a circular orbit (the yellow magnets focus the beam, the red magnets deflect the beam). With this technique, ions are accelerated up to 90% of the speed of light.
(0:29 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

A GSI experiment: HADES (High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer)
HADES consists of several detector units. In the foreground a six-element is shown that is comprised of a double pack of pre-shower detectors and RPC detectors. The segment to the left is also part of this unit. After passing the double pack, six of the 24 drift chambers (MDC) appear. The jump to the opposite end of HADES shows the so-called toroidal magnet (gray ring).
(0:46 min / no sound / Alle Sequenzen in DV-AVI)

Tumor therapy at GSI
During the treatment the patient wears a mask made especially for him, so that he remains fixed during the irradiation. In the background the irradiation unit is shown, here the beam emerges.
(0:43 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

Tumor therapy at GSI
Animated presentation of a tumor irradiation using the raster scanning method (ball = tumor / green grid = radiation grid / rectangles = bending magnets / yellow line = ion beam).
(0:19 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

Zoom in a superconducting magnet prototype for FAIR
These types of superconducting magnets are required for the accelerator facility FAIR. By cooling down to 273°C (-459.4 °F), higher magnetic field strengths can be achieved (center in blue = beamline).
(0:17 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

Animated flight over Darmstadt and the planned accelerator facilities of FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research)
(0:31 min / no sound / DV-AVI)

The video project "The Periodic Table of Videos" visits GSI.
You can follow the tour through the GSI research facility with Professor Poliakoff and video journalist Haran get to the point at which atomic nuclei collide with each other at incredible speeds and where by the fusion new elements emerge.
(7:47 min / English / 2010)
Super Heavy Elements - Periodic Table of Videos in Darmstadt

The video project "The Periodic Table of Videos" visits GSI - Trailer.
(Teaser / 4:25 min / English / 2010)
Darmstadt Sneak Preview - Periodic Table of Videos

Element 112 / Copernicium at "The Periodic Table of Videos". Professor Poliakoff uses this element video to show how a new artificial element can be created and determined, which measurements were made and what evidence should be made until an item is officially recognized and given a name.
(4:25 min / English / 2009)
Copernicium - Periodic Table of Videos

Element 111 / Roentgenium at "The Periodic Table of Videos".
(4:18 min / English / updated 2010)
Roentgenium - Periodic Table of Videos

Element 110 / Darmstadtium at "The Periodic Table of Videos". Prof. Poliakoff direkt vor Ort bei GSI.
(2:56 min / English / 2010)
Darmstadtium - Periodic Table of Videos (new)

Element 109 / Meitnerium at "The Periodic Table of Videos".
(3:16 min / English / updated 2010)
Meitnerium - Periodic Table of Videos

Element 108 / Hassium bei "The Periodic Table of Videos" - Updated.
(1:12 min / English / 2011)
Hassium - Periodic Table of Videos (new)

Element 107 / Bohrium at "The Periodic Table of Videos".
(1:22 min / English / 2008)
Bohrium - Periodic Table of Videos

Interview: Scientific Director GSI Horst Stöcker in interview with Alexander Kluge.
(Part 1: 9:44 min / Part 2: 7:46 min / Part 3: 9:41 min / Part 4: 9:48 min / Part 5: 5:48 min / German / 2009)
"Der Urknall ist überall - Das Universum im Labor"

In March 2009, three new experiment designs for materials research using ion beams were inaugurated at GSI. With the new experiments now possible, the researchers want to investigate materials for spacecraft and future accelerator facilities and even create nanostructures.
(10 min / Deutsch / 2009)
Helmholtz Podcast 35 Materialforschung

What happens in the core of planets? What holds the world together? How are heavy elements made? To answer these questions the unique Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt will be constructed. Interview with project leader of FAIR in the year 2007, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans H. Gutbrod.
(10 min / German / 2007)
Helmholtz Podcast 18 FAIR

There is a new ray of hope for cancer patients. At the ion accelerator of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt an new effective therapy particularly against resistant tumors has been developed: The ion beam therapy.
(10 min / German / 2006)
Helmholtz Podcast 18 Ionenstrahltherapie