CURRENT PLANS FOR BEAM COOLING AT FAIR

The improvement of the quality of secondary beams by beam cooling is an essential component in the scenario of the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR). Beam Cooling is applied to match the secondary beams, antiprotons and rare isotopes, which are produced in thick solid targets, to the needs of experiments. Pre-cooling in the Collector Ring, accumulation and preparation for experiments in the High Energy Storage Ring are the main tasks of the Cooling Systems. Many of the beam cooling concepts for FAIR are studied experimentally in the existing Experimental Storage Ring ESR which has been operated at GSI over more than two decades and which will also be available for beam physics experiments in the coming years.