and HZI project comes in. The aim was to irradiate influenza viruses with high-energy heavy ions. Energetic ions are able to inactivate the virus by inducing breaks in the viral RNA with only a few passages [...] to increase significantly the effectiveness of future vaccine development. This approach uses heavy ion beams to inactivate viruses and thus represents a promising alternative to conventional inactivation [...] SIS18 synchrotron. Based on the resulting viruses, HZI produced a flu vaccine inactivated with heavy ions and examined it for its ability to promote the formation of virus-binding and neutralizing antibodies

e) ECR ion sources of highest heavy ion intensities (28 GHz ECRIS) Further development to provide the FAIR required ion source performance (gas- and metal Penning ion sources, high current ion sources [...] Ion Sources Ionenquellen Welcome to the website of the ion source department at GSI. We are operating three injectors feeding the UNILAC with various types of ion species. Two of them are high current [...] for further acceleration in the linear accelerator. For operation various types of ion sources are used. Who are Ion Sources? Head Dr. Ralph Hollinger Tel: +49-6159-71-2322 Ort: BR1 1.138 Deputy Dr. Fabio

High Current Ion Sources PIG (Penning Ionization Gauge) ion source The PIG source has a long tradition at GSI. This type of ion source has been used since the beginning of GSI operation in the early 1970ies [...] 1970ies. The ion source is installed in high voltage Terminal South in order to inject multiply-charged ions with ion beam currents of several hundreds of electrical microamperes into the high current injector [...] Xe, Mo, Sm, Au MUCIS (MUlti Cusp Ion Source) MUCIS is one of the first high current gaseous ion sources used at GSI for beamtime operation. It is a filament driven ion source with non-axial filament c

successfully commissioned with a beam of helium and argon ions. In further tests, the electrical field strengths required to accelerate the heavy ion beam were significantly exceeded. The module consists of [...] with good beam transmission has been reached. The acceleration gradients required to accelerate heavy ions are up to three times higher and are also available. Furthermore it has been shown that it is possible [...] proposed HELIAC, in which up to four such modules are to be used, will in the future accelerate heavy ion beams to up to 10% of the speed of light. The energy required for particle acceleration will be reduced

Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, has for the first time combined data from heavy-ion experiments, gravitational wave measurements and other astronomical observations using advanced theoretical [...] to study the properties of matter at densities far beyond the densities inside atomic nuclei. Heavy-ion collision experiments conducted with particle accelerators are a complementary way to produce and probe [...] Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University, added, “We find that constraints from collisions of gold ions with particle accelerators show a remarkable consistency with astrophysical observations even though

involved in many initiatives to develop ion therapy in Europe and was a founding member of the ion therapy initiative "European Network for Research in Light Ion Hadrontherapy" (ENLIGHT) at CERN. In addition [...] with ion beams established the biophysical research department at GSI in the early 1980s, which he headed from 1981 to 2008. For his exceptional merits, especially in cancer research and heavy ion therapy [...] Professor Gerhard Kraft's main field of activity was heavy ion therapy and his work is inseparably linked with the initiative to establish heavy ion therapy in Germany and Europe. His vision was to develop

and protons, so far evidence with heavy ions is limited to in vitro cell experiments. Now the efficacy of the new FLASH radiotherapy using high-energy carbon ions delivered at an ultra-high dose rate was [...] important step has now been achieved in investigating the efficacy of this method with high-energy carbon ions. An international research team led by GSI Biophysics reports on this in "Radiotherapy and Oncology" [...] with lead author Dr. Walter Tinganelli (GSI) has shown a 150 millisecond pulse of high-energy carbon ions reduces normal tissue toxicity compared to conventional irradiation in more than a minute and sterilizes

SIS100 - Pulsed Magnets for Injection and Extraction of Ion Beam The department Ring HV is responsible for the procurement and subsequent operation of two new kicker systems for the future ring accelerator

SIS18 - Pulsed Magnets for Injection and Extraction of Ion Beam The kicker consists of 9 fast, pulsed magnets. (Dimensions of each ferrite 23.5 cm * 12.5 cm * 25 cm (W * H * D)) In the "Windowframe" magnet [...] picture. This current produces a perpendicular magnetic field (green arrows), which bends the positive ion beam onto a circular path (orange). At the ESR, there is an identical system consisting of 3 modules

Heavy Ion Synchrotron SIS18 © Picture: A. Zschau, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH View into an accelerator cavity of SIS18 Heavy Ion Synchrotron SIS18 Overview SIS18 Upgrade for FAIR