Description of the Research and Development Activities (R & D) at GSI

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:

Information about the different research activities of GSI can be found on the GSI home page under the heading "@work".

  • 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 hadrons (baryons and mesons), photons, and leptons at ALICE, HADES and future CBM experiments;

    NH-Anti-P:Hadron Physics with anti-protons: developments and simulations for the PANDA detector at FAIR;

    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 also for students interested in chemistry;

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

  • Atomic and Laser Physics: Experiments at the ESR and with ion traps:

    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; laser-cooling of ion beams (e.g. in storage rings);

    AT-SP: Atomar Spectroscopy: spectroscopy of few-electron systems & nuclear effects on the atomic electron cloud;

    PHELIX: High intensity laser facility for plasma physics;
  • 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 (e.g. nano tubes & nano wires);

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

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

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

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

    RAD-SF: Radiation safety service (suitable also for students in biology or medicine);

    COMPT: Computing (software developments);

    DETECT: Detector Laboratory: detector developments;

    TARGET: Target Laboratory: target developments;

    EL-DA: Electronic data acquisition for experiments, micro electronics (hardware and chip developments);

  • Type of project work

    E: Experimental work; C: Computation; D: Data Analysis; T: Theoretical work; A: All types of work

    E > T: means "E" prefered over "T"