Particle accelerators for St. Nicholas Day – “Saturday Morning Physics” visits GSI/FAIR
06.12.2025 |
On this year’s St. Nicholas Day, December 6, around 110 high-school students from all over Hesse visited the GSI/FAIR campus as part of the “Saturday Morning Physics” event series. In an introduction and guided tours, the students gained insights into physics research, explored the existing GSI particle accelerators and experiments, and learned about the construction progress and future possibilities of the international accelerator facility FAIR.
During the tour, the students visited the facility for tumor therapy with carbon ions, developed at GSI, the large-scale HADES experiment, where neutron star matter can be studied, and learned about atomic physics research at the experimental storage ring ESR. The main control room and the UNILAC linear accelerator also belonged to the itinerary. From the FAIR viewpoint, the students could take a look at the mega construction site.
The “Saturday Morning Physics” series has been organized by the Department of Physics at TU Darmstadt for more than 25 years and aims to foster young people’s interest in physics. During the events, students learn more about physics research at the university and can, with successful participation, receive the “Saturday Morning Physics” diploma. GSI and, since its founding, FAIR have been sponsors and supporters of the series from the very beginning. (CP)
