Conveners
Ion traps and electrostatic rings
- Youjin yuan (nstitute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
HITRAP is a facility for deceleration of highly charged ions (HCI) produced by the GSI accelerator [1]. It consists of an IH-structure and an RFQ for deceleration down to several keV/q, as well as three beam bunchers and several beam transport sections. The linear deceleration stages reduce the ion energy from 4 MeV/u to 500 keV/u and to 6 keV/u respectively, resulting in a slow, but very hot...
The CRYRING@ESR ion storage ring has been providing beamtime to users for several years now and has hosted a range of experiments on atomic and nuclear physics as well as on material science. As a low-energy machine it is particularly suited to laboratory astrophysics, as the ion beam energy covers the typical ‘Gamow window’ ranges. Ions can be injected into the ring both from a local ion...
The low-energy QCD, the theory within the Standard Model describing the strong interaction, is still lacking fundamental experimental input in order to achieve a breakthrough in its understanding. Among these experimental results, those devoted to studies of the low-energy kaon-nucleon/nuclei interaction are playing a key-role, with important consequences going from particle and nuclear...
In recent years, several projects have been initiated around the world to design and build novel experimental facilities capable of producing and handling highly charged heavy ions. Such accelerator and storage ring complexes as HIAF in China, FAIR in Germany, and Gamma Factory in Switzerland and France will serve as unique tools for many areas of modern physics, ranging from nuclear, atomic...
