R. Schuch

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed to install a storage ring at an ISOL-type radioactive beam facility for the first time, which can provide a capability for experiments with stored secondary beams that is unique in the world.

TL;DR: The exploration of the unique properties of stored and cooled beams of highly-charged ions as provided by heavy-ion storage rings has opened novel and fascinating research opportunities in the realm of atomic and nuclear physics research as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a Penning trap was used to measure the cyclotron frequencies of the ion of interest and ion used as a mass reference in the charge region 1+ to 52.

Abstract: An overview and status report of the new trapping facility for highly charged ions at the Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung is presented. The construction of this facility started in 2005 and is expected to be completed in 2008. Once operational, highly charged ions will be loaded from the experimental storage ring ESR into the HITRAP facility, where they are decelerated and cooled. The kinetic energy of the initially fast ions is reduced by more than fourteen orders of magnitude and their thermal energy is cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The cold ions are then delivered to a broad range of atomic physics experiments.

TL;DR: An overview and status report of the new trapping facility for highly charged ions at the Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung is presented in this article, where the kinetic energy of the initially fast ions is reduced by more than fourteen orders of magnitude and their thermal energy is cooled to cryogenic temperatures.