While the structural works on the construction site is progressing and the development and production of the high-tech components for the future FAIR accelerator center is underway, the next decisive steps are being taken for the large FAIR ring accelerator SIS100: The assembly of the accelerator machine in the newly constructed buildings is being prepared, and the final spurt towards the installation start of the SIS100 has begun. The persons responsible for the relevant subprojects…
[New nuclear physics data provide a better understanding of the properties of neutron stars. High-precision measurements of nuclear masses reveal germanium-64 as a waiting-point nucleus in nucleosynthesis via fast proton capture and form the basis for modelling X-ray bursts on neutron stars as part of binary systems. The experiments were conducted by an international team, including researchers from Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg (MPIK) and GSI Helmholtzzentrum ...
FAIR and GSI mourn the loss of an outstanding scientist and one of the pioneers for the FAIR project. The Indian physicist Bikash Sinha passed away on 11 August at the age of 78.
It was the starting point of a success story and is an outstanding example of successful technology transfer: 25 years ago, clinical studies of an innovative cancer treatment using accelerated carbon ions started at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung. In August and September 1998, the first patients were treated with a complete course of carbon therapy for a period of three weeks. In the following years, the path led from fundamental research to a widespread medical application ...
GSI and FAIR partnered with the first-ever hessian.AI conference, “The hessian AICon”: The three-day conference took place at the science and congress center Darmstadtium in Darmstadt. Visitors were provided with comprehensive information about the latest AI research trends. There were networking opportunities, a start-up expo, and the chance to gain deeper insights into hessian.AI and the AI ecosystem.
It was an exciting adventure trip into science with a lot to see, to experience and to understand at the Open House on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the future accelerator center FAIR. Around 3,500 guests had the opportunity to view research stations, laboratories and experimental setups on the campus in Darmstadt. They also had the chance to take a closer look at the FAIR project, one of the world's largest construction projects for science...
A high-quality training offer, an international surrounding, and a unique expertise: The "ESA FAIR Radiation Summer School 2023" has become a constant and has attracted large attention from the international community. Currently 15 young researchers from ten countries are coming together for the “ESA-FAIR Radiation Summer School 2023” to deal intensively with the topic of cosmic radiation. The Summer School for radiation research was jointly established by ...
On Thursday, 27 July 2023, the Final View of the artist and musician Violeta López López will be opened at Atelierhaus LEW1 in Darmstadt at 7 p.m. During her residency in Darmstadt from June 19 to August 02, 2023, Violeta López López, in collaboration with GSI and FAIR, explores kilonova - the brightness burst of a merging binary star when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole collide and merge. In her artistic research project "HEAVY-METAL-VERSES" she explores the kilonova as a…
GSI and FAIR – also called “the Universe in the Lab” – are part of the roadshow “Universe on Tour” in Hofheim. Within the "Year of Science 2023 – Our Universe," the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) presents current topics in astronomy and astrophysics in a mobile planetarium at Kellereiplatz. In addition to a 360-degree planetarium show, GSI and FAIR, the Goethe University Frankfurt and the Technical University Darmstadt will present current research projects. The…
