rotron (DESY), the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research , the Helmholtz Center Hereon (HZB), and the Helmholtz Center Berlin . The experts and scientists [...] accelerator technologies and types of radiation – from X-rays, neutrons, positrons, gamma rays and ions to infrared, UV and terahertz radiation. The centres operate unique large-scale research facilities [...] (Novel) Compact Laser Plasma Accelerators Rhodotron & Cyclotron for Radionuclide Production High-energy Ion Implantation in Power Semiconductors Accelerators for (Thermal) Neutrons to Obtain Theranostic Rad

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

access to high-energy heavy ion facilities for the fields of radiation effects in electronics, shielding and radiobiology. For this purpose, it will provide upgrade two VHE ion facilities and provide access [...] current demand for VHE ions and to meet the increasing demand that is foreseen by the end of the decade. The project is coordinated by CERN, together with GSI as main high-energy ion accelerator infrastructures [...] The EU-funded project HEARTS aims at providing access to high-energy heavy ion radiation testing facilities for both space exploitation and exploration. Two new radiation-testing facilities open to space

industrial questions. At GSI and the international accelerator center FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), which is currently under construction, a position will be created for this purpose, which

were discussed. The GSI accelerator facility is the only one in Europe that can generate all of the ion beams that occur in our solar system, which range from the lightest one, hydrogen, to the heaviest

interested high-school students were given the opportunity to learn more about tumor therapy with ion beams during a Masterclass in March. The event was hosted by scientists of the Biophysics research [...] is an associate member. The students gained insight into innovative methods for tumor therapy using ion beams via introductions to particle therapy and a review of the carbon therapy pilot project that took

look at the experimental storage ring ESR, visited the treatment site for tumor therapy with carbon ions and marveled at the large detector setup HADES. The program also included a walk to the viewing platform

compensator [figure from https ://newscenter.lbl.gov/2010/10/18/ion-beam-therapy / ] 3: The ion-beam therapy (at that time rather called ‘heavy-ion therapy’) and beam-scanning pilot project at GSI, Cave M ( [...] _an_overview/ion_beam_radiotherapy_in_the_fight_against_cancer ] 4: The Heidelberg ion-beam therapy facility (since 2009), in the gantry treatment room (the world first 360° rotatable ion-beam line with [...] Photons are most commonly used, but also proton or ion-beam (typically 12C) radiotherapy is growing in popularity [1]. Even if proton and 12 C - ion therapy are technically complex compared to the standard

spherical target volumes and a single pin (upper left) Carbon-Ion FLASH (GSI) The GSI synchrotron enables a particularly high beam intensity (≥ 5×109 ions/spill), which is significantly higher than most other [...] [3] Weber et al, FLASH radiotherapy with carbon ion beams, Med. Phys. 2021 doi:10.1002/mp.15135 [4] Tinganelli et al, Ultra-High Dose Rate (FLASH) Carbon Ion Irradiation: Dosimetry and First Cell Experiments [...] Proton and Carbon-ion FLASH Figure: FLASH vs Conventional irradiation with electron beams [figure from reference [1]] FLASH radiotherapy is considered a new potential breakthrough in cancer treatment.

fiducial markers used for image guidance in particle therapy were evaluated for proton and carbon ion beams [ 1 ] . The sensors were also used in a recent experiment for 4D online monitoring by measuring