HITRAP

HITRAP is a research and technology development (RTD) network of European research teams. It was founded on November 1, 2001. The goal of the network is the development of novel instrumentation for a broad spectrum of physics experiments with heavy Highly Charged Ions (HCI) up to bare uranium (U92+) at low energies (<1 eV/u). This is not performed at any other institution using light, medium-heavy or heavy HCI at MeV energies. In the planned GSI future facility, HITRAP is an essential part of the SPARC and FLAIR collaborations.

The HITRAP RTD network is closely related to the European RTD networks NIPNET and IONCATCHER.