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.
Director
Assistance
Gabriele Weese
Phone +49 6221 516-851
Fax +49 6221 516-852
sekretariat.blaum at mpi-hd.mpg.de
News
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…
The last piece resolving the low-mass nuclei puzzle
Using the high-precision Penning trap for light ions (LIONTRAP), physicists from MPIK and the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt…
DPG Dissertation prize for Viviane Schmidt
This year's dissertation prize of the German Physical Society (DPG), section atoms, molecules, quantum optics and photonics, was awarded to Dr.…