Scope

Scope

ATOMIC COLLISIONS IN SOLIDS

• charge-exchange processes

• collective as well as single-particle excitation and ionization

• energy loss, scattering and channeling of primary and secondary particles

• electron, atom, ion and photon emission processes

• slow highly-charged-ion interactions at surfaces

• radiation damage and materials modification, including nuclear-energy materials

• high-energy-density physics with intense ion beams and in relation to plasma physics

• collision induced physical, chemical and biological reactions

SWIFT HEAVY IONS IN MATTER

Interactions of Swift Heavy Ions with Gases, Liquids, Solids, and Plasmas

• electronic excitation, ionization, and charge transfer processes

• spectroscopy of electrons, photons, and recoil ions

• stopping powers and local energy deposition

• conversion of electronic excitation energy into atomic motion

• dynamics and relaxation of electronic excitations and atomic displacements

Material Modifications

• mechanisms of track formation

• ultrafast timescale damage processes

• creation of point defects; defect clusters, and nanoparticles

• phase transitions and recrystallization

• sputtering and mixing

• materials response in extreme environments

• high-cycle thermo-mechanical stresses and material fatigue

Chemical and Biological Radiation Effects

• beam-induced processes in organic and inorganic materials

• radiolytic yields

• radiobiology and tumor therapy with ion beams

Applications

• structuring of materials

• ion-track based nanostructures

• heavy-ion micro- and nanotechnology

• effects of swift heavy ions on electronic devices

• geological, astrophysical and other applications based on high-energy accelerators