Description of the activities of the Research Groups

GSI operates an accelerator complex consisting of the 100 meter long Universal Linear Accelerator (UNILAC), the 60 meter diameter Synchrotron for Heavy Ions (SIS) and the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR). These facilities permit ions of all elements to be accelerated to energies ranging between a few MeV and 2000 MeV per atomic mass unit. This complex serves for a great variety of research projects. In cooperation with an international research community the existing accelerator complex will be significantly extended by a new Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR).

The following list displays the activities each student can join during the program.
Please mark your project choice in order of preference on the application form. The following fields are offered:

A popular introduction to the different activities of GSI can be found on this page

  1. Nuclear and Hadronic Physics

    NH-RE: Nuclear and Hadronic Reactions: study of reactions between colliding heavy nuclei: transport phenomena & creation of nuclear systems at high density and temperature & production of photons, leptons and mesons

    NP-SP: Nuclear Spectroscopy: spectroscopy of highly excited nuclear states

    NP-EX: Exotic Nuclei: investigations of nuclei at the limit of stability (super heavy - or neutron/proton rich nuclei) and its implication for the nuclear synthesis

    N-CHEM: Nuclear Chemistry: Chemical separation of short lived nuclear reaction products (c.f. exotic nuclei), suitable for students interested in chemistry

    TH-NH: Theoretical Nuclear and Hadronic Physics: description of nuclear collisions & properties of hadronic matter at high densities and temperatures & finite temperature field theory (only very few places available!)

  2. Atomic and Laser Physics

    AT-HI: Highly Ionized atoms: interaction of highly ionized atoms with atoms, electrons, and light

    AT-LA: Laser Spectroscopy: laser spectroscopy of atoms and ions

    AT-SP: Atomar Spectroscopy: spectroscopy of few-electron systems & nuclear effects on the atomic electron cloud & production of positrons during collisions

    PHELIX: High intensity laser facility

  3. Application Oriented Research

    MATERIAL: Material Science: (suitable also for students in chemistry or technical engineering): modification of the properties of materials by impact with heavy ions~& ion track technology

    PLASMA: Plasma Physics: production of highly compressed plasmas by heavy-ion bombardment

    BIO-Ph: Biophysics (suitable also for students in biology or chemistry): radiation damage of the DNA & studies of cancer therapy with heavy ions

  4. Services, Developments, and new Technologies (suitable also for students in engineering or computer science)

    ACC: Accelerator developments for FAIR (ion sources; high intensity syncrotrons, storage rings with super conducting magnets and other components of the accelerator complex)

    RAD-SF: Radiation safety service

    COMPT: Computing (software developments)

    DETECT: Detector- and target developments

    EL-DA: Electronic data acquisition for experiments