Manufacturing and delivery of components for the new heavy-ion synchrotron SIS100 at FAIR has begun

摘要

The international Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe (FAIR) (CERN Courier May 2007 p23) is currently under construction at GSI, in Darmstadt, Germany. The FAIR accelerators will deliver antiproton and ion beams of unprecedented intensities and qualities to perform heavy-ion and antimatter research. The driver accelerator of FAIR is a fast-ramping, superconducting synchrotron, SIS100, which allows the acceleration of high-intensity beams of stable elements from protons (29 GeV) to uranium (11 GeV/u). SIS100 will be installed in an underground tunnel and all of the services will be installed in a parallel supply tunnel.