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Lecture by Professor Dr. Thomas Nilsson on 22 October in hybrid format
The GSI and FAIR lecture series "Science for All" will continue with a hybrid lecture on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 2 p.m. The topic will be "Future Research at the FAIR Particle Accelerator." The speaker will be Professor Dr. Thomas Nilsson, Scientific Director of GSI and FAIR since December 2024.
The chemical elements from which humans and their environment are made are created in space. Extreme conditions such as high temperatures, pressures, and densities characterize these processes. With the new international accelerator center FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), currently being built at GSI in Darmstadt, such conditions can be recreated in the laboratory for the first time. The facility will deliver particle beams of previously unattained intensity and quality, thus enabling new insights into the structure of matter and the evolution of the universe – from the Big Bang to the present day. Applications in medicine and technology are also part of the research.
In his lecture, Professor Nilsson will provide an overview of the scientific questions and possibilities of FAIR.
About the speaker
Thomas Nilsson studied Engineering Physics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He earned his doctorate at the then Technical University of Darmstadt, among other institutions, and later worked as a coordinator at CERN's ISOLDE facility. From 2005 to 2006, he conducted research at TU Darmstadt and Chalmers University. Nilsson has been a professor of physics in Gothenburg since 2009, and since 2017 he has also served as head of the Department of Physics and a member of the university's executive board. He is a member of the Physics Class of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which is responsible for selecting Nobel Laureates.
His research focuses on fundamental interactions in subatomic systems, particularly in atomic nuclei with a large excess of neutrons or protons.
Further information about registration, access and the course of the event can be found on the event website at www.gsi.de/wfa .
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Photos: Professor Dr. Thomas Nilsson (© G. Otto, GSI/FAIR) and a visualization of the future FAIR accelerator facility (© GSI/FAIR, Zeitrausch)
