GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
research institute
The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (German: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung) is a federally and state co-funded heavy ion (Schwerion) research center in Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1969 as the Society for Heavy Ion Research (German: Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, GSI), to conduct research on and with heavy-ion accelerators. It is the only major user research center in the State of Hesse.
The laboratory performs basic and applied research in physics and related natural sciences. Main fields of study include plasma physics, atomic physics, nuclear structure and reactions research, biophysics and medical research. The lab is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
Shareholders are the German Federal Government (90%) and the State of Hesse, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate. As a member of the Helmholtz Association, the current name was given to the facility on 7 October 2008 in order to bring it sharper national and international awareness.
The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research has strategic partnerships with the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.
Primary research
The chief tool is the heavy ion accelerator facility consisting of:
UNILAC, the Universal Linear Accelerator (energy of 2–11.4 MeV per nucleon)
SIS 18 (Schwer-Ionen-Synchrotron), the heavy-ion synchrotron (0.010–2 GeV/u)
ESR, the experimental storage ring (0.005–0.5 GeV/u)
FRS Fragment Separator.
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