GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung operates a unique accelerator for heavy ions. Researchers from around the world use this facility for experiments that help them make fascinating discoveries in basic research. In addition, they continually develop new and impressive applications.

From research to therapy: Staff from the Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT) visit GSI/FAIR
HIT employees at the FAIR construction site.
Staff members from the Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT) recently visited GSI and FAIR. The focus was on the close connection between heavy-ion therapy developed at GSI —a groundbreaking innovation in modern cancer treatment that is continuously being advanced at GSI/FAIR—and its successful implementation in clinical practice at HIT. The visit offered the guests ...
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SPARC PhD Award for Dr. Jan Richter
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This year's SPARC collaboration PhD Prize was awarded to Dr. Jan Richter from Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, for his thesis entitled “Highly charged ions as a tool for fundamental physics and tests of the Standard Model”. The ceremony took place during the 23rd SPARC Topical Workshop at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Huizhou, China, where the award was handed over by Professor Reinhold Schuch from…
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FAIR – the future accelerator facility

In the next few years the new international accelerator facility FAIR, one of the largest research projects worldwide, will be erected at GSI. At FAIR an unprecedented variety of experiments will be possible. Thereby physicists from all around the world will be able to gain new insights into the structure of matter and the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang to the present.
Learn more about FAIR: GSI about FAIR or FAIR web page

Cancer Treatment with Ion Beams

GSI is the birthplace of a new form of cancer treatment. This development was the result of many years of research in conjunction with GSI’s large ion-beam accelerator system. The advantage of this new treatment modality is that the ion beam selectively damages tumor tissues while sparing the surrounding healthy tissues. More...

The Creation of New Elements

Chemical elements are produced in stars and stellar explosions. Elements are the building blocks of all materials that surround us – including every atom of our bodies. The universe is also home to a large number of atoms that do not occur on earth. One of the key tasks of the researchers at GSI is to attempt to create previously unknown elements. More...


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