Helmholtz Association

FAIR

Facility for antiproton and ion research

Activity Code: INFRA-2007-2.2-01
Coordinator: Prof. Boris Sharkov, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research

Abstract:

Subject of this EU project is the implementation of the FAIR GmbH for the construction of the new research infrastructure FAIR. The "Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research" is an integrated system of particle accelerators which will provide high energy and high intensity beams of ions from antiprotons to uranium with unprecedented quality for basic research in different fields of physics. The total costs of the FAIR project is 1002 M (investment) and 185 M for personnel. Under the supervision of the International Steering Committee the scientific and technical preparations of the project have been evaluated and completed. The necessary legal documents for the establishment of international company FAIR GmbH have been worked out. This EU project concentrates on activities which still have to be successfully completed for the implementation of the FAIR project. The most important task is to achieve an agreement on financial / In-kind contributions to the construction of the facility between the 14 FAIR Member countries and the signing of the Convention, the intergovernmental agreement for FAIR. The Work packages of this proposal are legal issues, finances, governance, FAIR line-management and project management, coordination of research and coordination of accelerator. These activities cover also the start-up phase of the FAIR GmbH, until the FAIR project is successfully implemented. The participants of this application are 12 ministries or funding agencies and 14 research institutions. The activities, subject of this EU project, will be performed by the international project team "FAIR Joint Core Team".

Project Details:

Start Date: 01.08.2007
End Date: 31.01.2012
EU Contribution: 4.9 Mio. Euro
Total Costs: 5.44 Mio. Euro
Funding Scheme: Integrating activities / e-infrastructures / preparatory phase
Administrative Contact Person: Johannes Heilmann, J.Heilmann (at) gsi.de
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Boris Sharkov, b.sharkov (at) gsi.de 
Project Website: http://www.gsi.de/fair/index.html

Partners:

  • GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Germany
  • Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria
  • Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France
  • Institut teoreticheskoi i eksperimental'noi fiziki, Russian Federation
  • Ministerul Educaţiei, Cercetării şi Inovării - Autorităţii Naţionale pentru Cercetare Ştiinţifică, Romania
  • Institutul de Fizica si Inginerie Nucleara „Horia Hulubei”, Romania
  • Ministerio de Educación, Política Social y Deporte, Spain 
  • Vetenskapsradet - Swedish Research Council, Sweden
  • Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
  • Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany
  • Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Poland
  • Jyvaskylan Yliopisto, Finland
  • Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy
  • Ministry of Science and Technology, India
  • Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, India
  • Swietokrzyska Academy, Institute of Physics, Poland
  • Ministère de l'enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, France
  • Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyzszego, Poland
  • Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Austria
  • Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
  • Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
12.06.2013