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Lecture on December 17th with insights into beam time coordination, laser spectroscopy, HADES research and materials research
On Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 2 p.m., GSI/FAIR will offer a comprehensive insight into the scientific experimentation operations of 2025 in a public lecture. Researchers from various fields will report on their current work within the framework of FAIR Phase 0 – the experimental program that is already underway while the international accelerator facility FAIR is still under construction.
Dr. Daniel Severin, beam time coordinator at GSI/FAIR, explains his role as the central interface between research teams and accelerator operations. He creates the complex schedules designed to ensure that as many experiments as possible can be conducted within the given technical constraints. In his presentation, he provides an overview of the numerous experiments that were carried out in 2025 as part of FAIR Phase 0.
Jana Weyrich, a doctoral candidate in Prof. Michael Block's research group, presents current results from her research on laser spectroscopy of superheavy elements. This work aims to provide new insights into the atomic and nuclear structure of the heaviest known elements – a highly specialized field of research that is only possible in a few locations worldwide. Her presentation focuses on the latest results from the laser spectroscopy of nobelium.
Physicist Niklas Schild reports on his research at the HADES experiment. He has been part of the research group since his master's thesis and focuses particularly on the analysis of experimental data and the reconstruction of electromagnetic probes. In addition to current research questions, he presents initial impressions of the new measurement data acquired in 2025.
Christopher Schröck, a research associate and doctoral candidate in the Materials Research Department, focuses his contribution on the investigation of nanowires under extreme conditions. His collaboration with Goethe University Frankfurt includes experiments at high pressures and with heavy ion irradiation, which provide important insights for energy and materials research.
(Darmstadt - red/gsi)
Featured image: Linear accelerator. Photo: J. Hosan, GSI-FAIR
