introduction and overview on the research activities and the progress of FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), presented by Prof. Thomas Nilsson, Scientific Managing Director of GSI and FAIR, Dr. Katharina

Chemistry Ionizing radiation relevant for therapy (photons, electrons, protons, carbon and helium ions) elicits localized damage in biological targets, which may ultimately lead to cell death. Two general [...] Animation: Time propagation steps of radicals produced along the entrance channel of a 3 MeV/u carbon ion in water. © Figure: GSI H2O2 yields comparison between the experimental data from Roth and LaVerne [...] at least 3 o.o.m. less than the major ones. References: [1] Krämer and Kraft, Calculations of heavy-ion track structure, Radiat. Environ. Biophys. (1994), doi.org/10.1007/BF01219334 [2] Wälzlein et al.,

precision and biological effectiveness by using high-energy protons or carbon ions. There is broad consensus, however, that heavier ions could further enhance tumour control in extremely resistant, hypoxic, and [...] first demonstration of the FLASH effect with high-energy carbon ions was achieved, suggesting that UHDR irradiation with even heavier ions could be both safe and highly effective for resistant tumours. [...] Building on this foundation, the HI-FLASH project will investigate neon-ion (20Ne) FLASH therapy for GBM . Neon ions, with their higher linear energy transfer (LET) and relative biological effectiveness

field strengths and light atoms and ions, where perturbation methods can be efficiently implemented in the QED calculations. In the regime of extreme fields of heavy ions, the QED calculations enter a qu [...] Testing quantum electrodynamics in extreme fields with the heaviest two-electron ion Fig. 1: The drawing of one of the two Bragg crystal spectrometers mounted at the gas-jet target of the ESR for measurement [...] reached for light atoms. New tests are required, in particular in the regime of extreme fields of heavy ions, where QED effects are greatly enhanced due to the extremely strong electromagnetic field of the heavy

für Schwerionenforschung and the international accelerator center FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) being built in Darmstadt. The two guests were welcomed by Professor Thomas Nilsson, Scientific [...] research facilities for FAIR, such as the R3B experiment with FAIR detectors and tumor therapy with ion beams. During a tour of the construction site, Ministers Özdemir and Gremmels had the opportunity to

experiments in more detail. Most experiments plan for using ions from the GSI accelerator chain through ESR, providing intense beams of highly charged ions, and that is indeed the raison d'être for the CRYRING@ESR [...] in energy, intensity and available ion species. Beamtimes Beamtimes at CRYRING@ESR can be applied for through the G-PAC review process for experiment proposals. For ion beams injected through ESR a bi-annual [...] Experiments Experiments for a number of research fields are planned utilizing the low-energy heavy-ion stored beams available at CRYRING@ESR . These experiments perform spectroscopy in unprecentented resolution

experiments at the LHC collider at the CERN research center in Geneva and deals in particular with heavy-ion collisions of lead atomic nuclei. When lead atomic nuclei collide with unimaginable impact in the LHC

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

Gutbrod continued his research on heavy ion physics at low energies in Heidelberg and Rochester. Hans Gutbrod shaped the beginnings of the relativistic heavy ion physics at the Lawrence Berkeley National [...] GSI and FAIR mourn the loss of an excellent scientist and pioneer of relativistic heavy ion physics. Professor Dr. Hans Gutbrod passed away on March 3, 2025, at the age of 82 years. After his dissertation [...] (called “flow”) which is still considered one of the most significant observations in relativistic heavy ion physics today. Together with Reinhard Stock he was awarded the Robert-Wichard-Pohl-Preis of the German

visited the experimental area of the Biophysics Department, where, for example, cancer therapy with ion beams has been developed and where research in the fields of space research, therapy and radiation [...] atomic, astrophysical and nuclear processes, and the HADES detector, which is used to study heavy ion collisions and matter under extreme conditions such as those that occur inside neutron stars, were