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Laser cooling of stored ions in ASTRID : a storage ring for ions and electrons
J. S. Hangst,1 K. Berg-Sørensen, P. S. Jessen, M. Kristensen, K. Mølmer, J. S. Nielsen, O. Poulsen, J. P. Schiffer2 and P. Shi
1. Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus, C Denmark
2. Søren Pape Møller Institute for Synchrotron Radiation, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus, C Denmark
A small storage ring, ASTRID, for ions and electrons has been constructed. It is a dual-purpose machine, serving as a storage ring for either ions or electrons for synchrotron-radiation production. The ring has for more than one year been operational with ions and has recently been commissioned for electron storage. Both these running modes will be described as well as results given from the first experiments with laser cooled ions. Finally, prospectsfor experimentswith superhigh mass and isotope selectivity will be discussed.