Since the turn of the century, six new chemical elements have been discovered and subsequently added to the periodic table of elements, the very icon of chemistry. These new elements have high atomic numbers up to 118 and are significantly heavier than uranium, the element with the highest atomic number (92) found in larger quantities on Earth. This raises questions such as how many more of these superheavy species are waiting to be discovered, where – if at all – is a fundamental limit in the…
The art-in-architecture competition for the FAIR Control Centre (FCC) building has a winner: an 8-meter-high copper column with an organically shaped, shiny metallic body in the upper third. The six designs, including the winning one, will be exhibited in the canteen from February 19 to March 1, 2024.
16 institutions from the greater Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region joined forces in the Römer to form a new science network. The future cooperation in the so-called Frankfurt Alliance was sealed with a Memorandum of Understanding. Markus Jaeger, Deputy of the Administrative Managing Directorate of GSI and FAIR, signed the agreement on behalf of GSI.
Recently, an international research team has successfully carried out a high precision x-ray spectroscopy measurement on helium-like uranium, the simplest and heaviest many-electron atomic system. The obtained results allow, for the first time in this regime, to disentangle and to test separately high-order (two-loop) one-electron and two-electron quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects and set a new important benchmark for QED in the strong field domain. Moreover, the achieved accuracy of 37…
The HEPTrepreneurs Training School, a three-day workshop focusing on fostering entrepreneurial skills in the field of high-energy physics, recently took place at the GSI/FAIR campus. The overarching theme was “Fundamentals of entrepreneurship – how science can impact society”. The workshop, consisting of lectures and interactive workshop formats, was led by two renowned experts: Ian Tracey, CEO of Anchored In, and Viola Hay, Director of International Programs at Anchored In. The workshop was…
GSI and FAIR mourn the loss of an outstanding scientist and pioneer of nuclear physics who shaped nuclear physics research at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung for decades. The former GSI division head Professor Dr. Gottfried Münzenberg passed away on January 2, 2024 at the age of 83.
Dr. Simon Lauber was honored with the “FAIR-GSI PhD Award 2023” for his outstanding dissertation. Professor Paolo Giubellino, Scientific Managing Director of FAIR and GSI, and Daniel Sälzer, Managing Director of Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH, recently presented the award in a dedicated colloquium. Sponsored by Pfeiffer Vacuum, the annual award is endowed with 1000 euros. Simon Lauber's PhD thesis on “Advanced numerical and experimental beam dynamics investigations for the cw-heavy ion linac HELIAC ...
Review of the year 2023: An eventful year lies behind us. This selection of the many outstanding events of 2023 at GSI/FAIR gives just a small insight into the diversity. From excellent research results and significant progress on the FAIR construction site to events such as the Open House, we look back on a successful and exciting year.
The program of the “Wissenschaft für Alle” lecture series of GSI and FAIR will continue in the first half of 2024 to offer the audience an insight into the newest findings in physics. Interested parties can either attend the event in the lecture hall of GSI/FAIR following a registration or dial into the broadcast of the event via video conference using an internet-enabled device such as a laptop, cell phone or tablet. The program will begin on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, with a talk by Dr. Haik…
