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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Jonathan Morgner recieves Otto Hahn Medal
Dr. Jonathan Morgner receives an Otto Hahn Medal from the Max Planck Society ‘for his work on the high-precision experimental verification of…
Prof. Achim Schwenk appointed as external scientific member at Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
The Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr Achim Schwenk from the Technische Universität Darmstadt as a new…
Simplest Molecules Test Quantum Theory
A high-precision measurement of the properties of a molecular hydrogen ion tests new predictions from fundamental quantum theory and lays a foundation…








