fluorescent photons coming from the excited ions. Sectional view of the SpecTrap setup Schematic of the SpecTrap Penning trap CCD image of an ion crystal Picture of the ion beam line towards SPECTRAP (left) Recent [...] however the accuracy was limited because of high ion velocities. For this reason, in order to minimize the Doppler effect (i.e. increase the accuracy), the ions in this experiment are going to be trapped in [...] publications of relevance: "Laser cooling of externally produced Mg ions in a Penning trap for sympathetic cooling of highly charged ions" Z. Andjelkovic, R. Cazan, W. Nörtershäuser, S. Bharadia, D.M. Segal

highly charged ions (g-factors) HILITE Atoms and ions in extreme laser fields LIBELLE LIthium-like Bismuth Experiment with Laser-Light at ESR Quantum logic spectroscopy of highly-charged heavy ions Highly accurate [...] of highly-charged heavy ions SPECTRAP Laser spectroscopy with highly charged ions Lamb shift X-ray spectroscopy of heavy HCI at storage rings Weak decays in highly charged ions Intersection of nuclear

Doppler shifts of highly relativistic ions which generate extreme energy shifts for photons in the ion rest frame. As a consequence, even the heaviest few-electron ions can now be studied in precision QED [...] Particles Atomic Physics Research Collaboration Atomic Physics with Highly-Charged Ions at the Facility for Heavy-Ion and Antiproton Research (FAIR). Registration as a Member of the SPARC Collaboration [...] offer a range of new opportunities in atomic physics and related fields. First, high-charge state ions moving at velocities close to the speed of light generate electric and magnetic fields of exceptional

the acceleration of ions – ions are charged atoms – of all chemical elements occurring on Earth. One facility, thousand possibilities Electrical fields are used to accelerate the ions. Magnets direct and [...] and focus them. The ions can be accelareted up to about 90% of the speed of light, i.e. 270,000 km/s. Scientists from all over the world use the accelerated ions for experiments in various fields of research [...] therapy. © GSI Six main devices are indispensable to provide the experiments at GSI with heavy ions: the ion sources the linear accelerator UNILAC the ring accelerator SIS18 the storage ring ESR the fragment

highly charged ions (g-factors) SPECTRAP : laser spectroscopy with highly charged ions HILITE : atoms and ions in extreme laser fields Quantum logic spectroscopy of highly-charged heavy ions Open positions [...] PRECISION EXPERIMENTS IN ION TRAPS The unique capability of slowing down highly charged ions nearly to rest allows their capture into charged particle traps such as Penning or Paul traps and their subsequent [...] storage for long times. At HITRAP, a number of trap-assisted precision experiments with highly charged ions is under construction. These focus on measurements of magnetic moments of bound electrons and atomic

HEXAPOLAR ERROR OF AN ION BEAM EXTRACTED FROM AN ECRIS The extraction of any ion beam from ECRIS is determined by the good confinement of such ion sources. It has been shown earlier, that the ions are coming from [...] FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE ION BEAM EXTRACTED FROM A CAPRICE TYPE ECRIS In order to improve the quality of ion beams extracted from ECR ion sources it is mandatory to better understand [...] confinement is weakest. The assumption that the low energy ions are strongly bound to the magnetic field lines require furthermore, that only these ions starting on a magnetic field line going hrough the extraction

Furthermore, the transport of fluor ions has been demonstrated (F 7+ ) as fluorine ion beams are difficult to access by conventional accelerators, because fluorine ions are highly corrosive and therefore [...] LIGHT – Laser Ion Generation, Handling and Transport The LIGHT collaboration was founded based on common interests to combine laser-generated ion beams with conventional accelerator technology and explore [...] for Heavy Ion EXperiments (PHELIX) hits a solid target (E < 25 J, τ = 500 fs, I > 10 19 J/cm 2 ) and drives the TNSA (Target Normal Sheath Acceleration) mechanism. A selected part of the ion beam is collimated

of the interaction of highly energetic heavy ions and solid state matter: Ion-track nanotechnology , including developing multi- and single-channel etched ion-track membranes and their applications, inv [...] rays on molecules, materials, and devices. The X0 beamline hosts a unique heavy-ion microprobe , which places individual ions with a precision below 1μm on a target, and that is instrumental for testing the [...] out of equilibrium. The combination of ion irradiation and high static pressure can trigger and stabilize unique structural changes, which are not produced by ions or high pressure alone. Our research is

with ion beams follow two lines. One focuses on pump-probe experiments where the laser PHELIX converts thin foils or foams into fully ionized plasma. The plasma conditions are examined by the ion beam [...] long-standing issues such as energy loss and charge exchange of heavy ions when penetrating hot plasma. The other area of investigations uses ion beams from SIS18 for the generation of warm dense matter (WDM) [...] The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) will offer unique opportunities to study warm dense matter and samples with high energy density. The high-intensity ion beams that will be available at

high-energy carbon ions, UHDR use of even heavier ions can be safe and very effective for very resistant tumor. GSI is the only facility world-wide where the FLASH effect can be explored with ions heavier than [...] Particle therapy patients are treated either with high-energy protons or 12 C-ions, but there is a general agreement that heavier ions would be highly beneficial in treating extremely resistant, hypoxic and [...] glioblastoma (GBM). Unfortunately, the use of very heavy ions is constrained by their excessive normal tissue toxicity . A way to enable very heavy ion therapy with acceptable toxicities is to make use of