while injected intramuscularly. The ion-beam therapy The tumor therapy with heavy ions developed at GSI provides high precision in the administration of the dose: the ions develop their damaging effect at [...] y. The question now was which effects are caused by carbon ion radiotherapy in combination with immunotherapy and which potential carbon ion radiotherapy has for tumor growth inhibition. The two GSI/FAIR [...] heavy ion radiation could be a powerful tool in the fight against cancer.” TRON's and GSI/FAIR’s research is still a glance into the future. “The findings have given a first orientation that heavy ion ra

research potential of GSI and FAIR’s facilities, they aim to produce ion beams of worldwide unique intensity. The maximum number of ions per bunch is limited by the electromagnetic fields they generate, known [...] that the electrons overlap with the ion bunches circulating in the accelerator ring. Since electrons are negatively charged in contrast to the positively charged ions, their electromagnetic fields can be [...] potential of pulsed electron lenses to significantly increase the highest achievable intensities of heavy-ion beam ring accelerators. This novel space-charge compensation technique is pioneered at GSI/FAIR, where

spherical target volumes and a single pin (upper left) Carbon-Ion FLASH (GSI) The GSI synchrotron enables a particularly high beam intensity (≥ 5×109 ions/spill), which is significantly higher than most other [...] [3] Weber et al, FLASH radiotherapy with carbon ion beams, Med. Phys. 2021 doi:10.1002/mp.15135 [4] Tinganelli et al, Ultra-High Dose Rate (FLASH) Carbon Ion Irradiation: Dosimetry and First Cell Experiments [...] Proton and Carbon-ion FLASH Figure: FLASH vs Conventional irradiation with electron beams [figure from reference [1]] FLASH radiotherapy is considered a new potential breakthrough in cancer treatment.

High Current Ion Sources PIG (Penning Ionization Gauge) ion source The PIG source has a long tradition at GSI. This type of ion source has been used since the beginning of GSI operation in the early 1970ies [...] 1970ies. The ion source is installed in high voltage Terminal South in order to inject multiply-charged ions with ion beam currents of several hundreds of electrical microamperes into the high current injector [...] Xe, Mo, Sm, Au MUCIS (MUlti Cusp Ion Source) MUCIS is one of the first high current gaseous ion sources used at GSI for beamtime operation. It is a filament driven ion source with non-axial filament c

Interaction of heavy ions with laser driven plas The following aspects are the focus of study in the Z6 experimental area: The energy loss of projectile ions in ideal and non-ideal plasmas The charge state [...] state distribution of ions that penetrate the plasma Charge exchange processes in ionised matter The probing of plasma properties by the energy loss of heavy ions The figure below reviews the experimental [...] experimental landscape of ion stopping power in plasma. It displays the parameter domain examined in previous experiments as a function of the velocity ratio vp/vth and the electron coupling parameter Γ, which

highly charged ions, a topic that lies at the intersection of atomic physics, nuclear structure, astrophysics, and plasma physics. A comprehensive review on beta decay of highly charged ions can be found [...] , respectively. Experimental Investigations Weak decays of highly charged ions are currently studied exclusively in heavy-ion storage rings. The experiments rely on a variety of instrumentation, with [...] charged ions”, Eur. Phys. J. A59 (2023) 102, doi: 10.1140/epja/s10050-023-00978-w . A major focus of current investigations lies in two-body beta decays. The electron capture in hydrogen-like ions has indicated

"S-EBIT II: An Electron Beam Ion Trap for HITRAP." GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy-Ion Research, 2024. Kluge, H.-J., et al. "HITRAP: A Facility at GSI for Highly Charged Ions." arXiv preprint arXiv:0710 [...] S-EBIT An Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) provides highly charged ions (HCI) for spectroscopy and other experiments. To this end, a nearly monoenergetic electron beam is used. In interactions with the electrons [...] electrons from the beam, neutral atoms or positively charged ions can be stripped of bound electrons by means of electron impact ionization. The electron beam originates at a so-called “electron gun”, is

two different ion beams with different revolution frequencies together in the same cycle at the SIS18 heavy ion synchrotron. The faster ions of one beam constantly overtake the slower ions of the other [...] physics experiments, a second ion type can be used to analyze the density variations of the plasma generated by the first ion type. For nuclear physics experiments, the second ion type can be used as a calibration [...] the bismuth ions, which are more difficult to deflect. Due to this acceleration, the iron ions in the SIS18 have a higher speed and therefore a higher revolution frequency than the bismuth ions. In order

treatment of mouse tumors with radioactive ion beams,” the scientists report the successful treatment of a bone tumor (osteosarcoma) of a mouse using a radioactive carbon ion beam (11C, which emits a positron with [...] The research project “BARB – Biomedical Applications of Radioactive Ion Beams” funded by a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to Professor Marco Durante, head of the Biophysics Department at the GSI Helmh [...] hung, has reached an important milestone: the first treatment of an animal tumor with radioactive ion beams has been demonstrated and published in Nature Physics. The study marks a decisive step towards

e) ECR ion sources of highest heavy ion intensities (18 GHz ECRIS) Further development to provide the FAIR required ion source performance (gas- and metal Penning ion sources, high current ion sources [...] Ionenquellen Welcome to the website of the ion source department at GSI. We are operating three injectors feeding the UNILAC with various types of ion species. Two of them are high current injectors, the [...] intense heavy ion beams for the FAIR requirements (FAIR-UNILAC-Upgrade) Participation at installation, startup and operation of a cw compatible injector to provide intense highly charged ions (HLI-Upgrade)