Welcome to the homepage of the
Stored and Cooled Ions Division
Director: Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum
The experimental working group of the division is concerned with precision experiments on stored and cooled ions as well as with the investigation of fundamental processes of molecular ions. For this purpose short-lived radionuclides, highly-charged ions or simple molecular ions are trapped in Penning ion traps and storage rings under conditions as they also occur in space. Another main research field of the division is the development of novel storage, cooling and detection techniques for future experiments.
Precision experiments with ion traps and storage rings and precision laser spectroscopy
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High-precision mass spectrometry in ion traps |
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g-factor measurements |
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Collinear laser spectroscopy of short-lived nuclides |
Molecular quantum dynamics and stored ion beams
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Atomic and molecular quantum dynamics |
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Ultra-cold photocathode electron beams |
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UV and soft x-ray photodynamics of molecular ions |
Stored and cooled ion instrumentation
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Storage Rings and Ion Sources |
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Penning trap facilities for future accelerator facilities |
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FT-ICR detection for the KATRIN experiment |