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A: Atomphysik

A XI: HV XI

A XI.1: Invited Talk

Friday, March 26, 2004, 12:00–12:30, HS 133

Status of PHELIX laser and first experiments — •S. Borneis¹, R. Bock¹, E. Brambrink^1,2, H. Brand¹, J. Caird³, E. M. Campbell⁴, E. Gaul⁵, W. Geithner¹, S. Goette¹, C. Haefner¹, T. Hahn¹, H. M. Heuck^1,6, D.H.H. Hoffmann^1,2, D. Javarkova¹, H.-J. Kluge¹, T. Kuehl¹, S. Kunzer^1,7, T. Merz^1,2, P. Neumayer¹, M. D. Perry⁴, D. Reemts¹, M. Roth^1,2, S. Samek^1,8, G. Schaumann^1,2, F. Schrader¹, W. Seelig², A. Tauschwitz¹, R. Thiel¹, D. Ursescu¹, P. Wiewior^1,9, and U. Wittrock⁶ — ¹Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt — ²Technical University of Darmstadt — ³Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, USA — ⁴General Atomics, San Diego, USA — ⁵University of Texas, Austin, USA — ⁶FH Muenster — ⁷FH Darmstadt — ⁸University of Krakow, Poland — ⁹Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg

GSI Darmstadt currently builds a 1 Kilojoule/1 Petawatt laser system - PHELIX - in close collaboration with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the CEA in France. With PHELIX GSI will offer to the science community the world-wide unique combination of a high-current, high-energy (GeV/u) heavy-ion beam with an intense laser beam. This will open the door to a variety of fundamental science issues in the field of atomic physics, plasma physics and nuclear physics. We will report the current status of the project as well as the laser architecture that is based on 31.5 cm diameter Nova and Phebus amplifiers. First experiments will also be briefly reviewed.