IPAC 2010 Experiments with viewing targets for ion beams from ECRIS Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources (ECRIS) are increasingly used as ion source for different types of accelerators because of their [...] ing of the process of ion beam generation. We have found a highly structured ion beam distribution at that position. These structures caused by the hexapolar field within the ion source have already been [...] for highly charged ions. To increase the available current densities further, the frequency for electron heating has to be increased as well as the magnetic flux density within the ion source to improve

range of ions produced out of gaseous and solid states. Ions from hydrogen to uranium are produced and pre-accelerated. Extracted ion beam currents reach up to 300mA depending on the element. The ion beam [...] UNILAC beams requires a great variety of highly charged ion species including isotopically enriched samples for ion beam production. An ECRIS is used as ion source because it can work without limitation of duty [...] the PIG ion source is used at GSI since the beginning of the accelerator research at our facility in the 1970ies. Terminal North Terminal North is the high current injector for the UNILAC. The ion sources

Vacuum Arc Ion Sources: Charge State Enhancement and Arc Voltage The Metal Vapor Vacuum ion source (MEWA) has been developed for the production of ion beams for a wide range of metal ions. The ion charge states [...] states for most heavy elements created by the high current MEVVA ion source, which typically generates ions with a mean charge state up to three, have to be elevated to higher charge states for accelerator [...] U4+ ions a strong magnetic field and a high arc current has been used at GSI. Both methods increase the arc voltage which in turn influences the electron energy distribution and thus the mean ion charge

physics with trapped highly charged ions up to fully stripped uranium ions (U92+), which includes: laser spectroscopy, mass measurements, g-factor measurements, recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy, and atomic [...] collision studies. HITRAP is an ion-trap facility for experiments on highly charged ions which is being constructed at the accelerator facility at GSI. GSI is an institute for heavy-ion research. In the experiment [...] highly charged ions will be stored, cooled and investigated in the magnetic field of a Penning trap. The experiments apply modern techniques like: production and storage of highly charged ions detection of

ECRIS 2008 Ion beam production from rare isotopes with GSI ECR Ion Sources ECR ion sources (ECRIS) of CAPRICE-type, working at 14.5 GHz, are in use at the High Charge State Injector (HLI) of the accelerator [...] Low Energy Beam Transport for Ion Beams created by an ECRIS It has been shown previously that the emittance of an ion beam, extracted from an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS) is determined [...] handling in the evaporation process and can be detrimental for the beam user if the ion beam contains additional ion species. Characteristics and suitable treatment of materials and production processes

of a previously unparalleled intensity and quality. The variety of these particles will be unique: Ions of all the natural elements in the periodic table, as well as antiprotons, can be accelerated. The

all ion species from protons to uranium to 16% of the velocity of light, i.e., 11.4 MeV/u. Charged ions are provided by three different ion source terminals. Low intensities of highly charged ions are [...] delivers low intensities of low to intermediate charged ions and is the oldest type of source still being operated. High intensity beams of low charged ions are provided by the third terminal which can be equipped [...] equipped with a MEtal Vapor VAcuum Arc (MEVVA) source, MUlti-Cusp Ion Source (MUCIS), or Cold or HOt Reflex Discharge ion Source (CHORDIS). After electrostatic extraction from the source the dc-beam is

flight ion cyclotron resonance (TOF-ICR) method. An alternative and non destructive detection by the Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) technique is being prepared. A cold trapped ion cloud [...] The SHIPTRAP experiment at GSI The ion trap facility SHIPTRAP at GSI has been set up to enable precison experiments on very heavy ions produced at the SHIP velocity filter well known for the search and [...] elements. At SHIPTRAP mass measurements, laser spectroscopy, ion chemical reactions and in the future in-trap decay experiments on heavy ions will be performed. SHIPTRAP can also deliver cold and clean

therapy with heavy ions Treatment with ion beams is a very precise and highly effective, yet extremely gentle, therapeutic process. The major advantage of this method is that the ion beams, which have [...] widespread medical application. As a pioneer of heavy ion therapy in Europe, GSI has become a central research center in this field today. The novel heavy ion therapy was pioneered in joint research of the GSI [...] treatment with heavy ions had initially been conducted as early as December 1997. This had been preceded by four years of technical development of the therapy unit at the heavy-ion accelerator of GSI, which

experiments with intense ion beams delivered by SIS-18 heavy ion synchrotron. The HHT beam line is equipped with a strong Final Focus System which allows to focus intense beams of various ion species up to Uranium [...] The parameters of the ion beam available at HHT are given in the table above. HHT offers intense ion beams for different research fields including: plasma physics (from EoS of ion-beam generated WDM to [...] so-called warm dense matter (WDM) experiments a beam of 238 U 73+ ions with the energy 300-400 MeV/u is used. Presently, up to 4·10 9 ions is delivered by the SIS-18 synchrotron in 70 - 300 ns long bunches