Towards experiments with highly charged ions at HESR

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of experimental setups at HESR for studying highly charged ions, focusing on collision dynamics and fundamental electron-nucleus interactions in strong electromagnetic fields.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the key instruments enabling atomic physics experiments with highly charged ions at the HESR storage ring.

Findings

Development of experimental infrastructure for highly charged ions

Potential to study strong-field collision dynamics

Advancement in fundamental electron-nucleus interaction research

Abstract

The atomic physic collaboration SPARC is a part of the APPA pillar at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research. It aims for atomic-physics research across virtually the full range of atomic matter. A research area of the atomic physics experiments is the study of the collision dynamics in strong electro-magnetic fields as well as the fundamental interactions between electrons and heavy nuclei at the HESR. Here we give a short overview about the central instruments for SPARC experiments at this storage ring.