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Stored and Cooled Ions

The experimental division "Stored and cooled Ions" deals with precision experiments to determine atomic and nuclear ground state properties of stored ions for tests of fundamental interactions and their symmetries as well as with the study of elementary processes of molecular ions. For this purpose, short-lived radionuclides, antimatter, highly charged ions or simple molecular ions are trapped in Penning traps or in the cryogenic storage ring CSR under space conditions. The development of new storage, cooling and detection techniques for future experiments is also an important research focus of the division.

 

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Listening to electrons talk: g-factor measurement of lithium-like tin

Researchers from the MPIK present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin which has a much higher…

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Protons on the move

The BASE international research collaboration, in which Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) is strongly involved, has successfully relocated…

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Nondestructive quantum state control of a single molecular hydrogen ion

Using the ALPHATRAP Penning trap at MPIK, physicists demonstrated nondestructive control and readout of internal quantum states of a molecular…

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