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China's High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility Completes Construction, Begins Trial Operations

The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), a major national science and technology infrastructure project in China, passed its technological acceptance review on July 21, marking the completion of construction and the start of trial operations.The High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), a major national science and technology infrastructure project in China, has completed construction and passed its technological acceptance...

| 17 07, 2026

First Commissioning Experiment Completed at HIAF-SRing

Chinese researchers have successfully completed the first commissioning experiment, conducted at the Spectrometer Ring (SRing) of the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) using intense bismuth-209 primary beams.Figure 1. Part of the 277-meter-long HIAF-SRing (Image from IMP)Chinese researchers have successfully completed the first commissioning experiment, conducted at the Spectrometer Ring (SRing) of the...

| 14 04, 2026

HIAF Breaks World Record in Beam Intensity for Oxygen Ions

The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), a major national scientific and technological infrastructure project, successfully passed a key performance test for its oxygen ion beam on December 12, setting a new world record for beam intensity.The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), a major national scientific and technological infrastructure project, successfully passed a key performance test for its oxygen ion beam on...

| 13 12, 2025

China’s High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility Completes Beam Commissioning

The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), one of China's major scientific and technological infrastructure projects, successfully completed beam commissioning on October 28, marking a crucial milestone in its construction.Figure 1. Aerial View of HIAF. (Image from IMP)The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), one of China’s major scientific and technological infrastructure projects, successfully com...

| 31 10, 2025

Low Energy High Intensity Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility Passed Acceptance Inspection

The Low Energy high intensity heavy ion Accelerator Facility (LEAF), independently developed by IMP, passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China on December 9.The Low Energy high intensity heavy ion Accelerator Facility (LEAF), independently developed by the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), passed the expert pan...

| 11 12, 2024

Physicists Discover Heaviest Antimatter Hypernucleus to Date

Physicists from the STAR Collaboration have observed a new antimatter hypernucleus, antihyperhydrogen-4, for the first time. This is the heaviest antimatter hypernucleus discovered in experiments to date.Antihyperhydrogen-4 created in a heavy-ion collision (Image by IMP)Physicists from the STAR Collaboration have observed a new antimatter hypernucleus, antihyperhydrogen-4, for the first time. This ...

| 23 08, 2024

Physicists Discover Molecule-like Structure of Nuclear Ground State

Scientists have recently discovered a molecular-type structure in the ground state of atomic nuclei. Scientists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with their collaborators, have recently discovered a molecular-type structure in the ground state of ...

| 24 11, 2023

Researchers Propose a New Host Configuration for Lithium Anodes Using Nuclear Track Method

Chinese researchers have lately proposed a new 3D host configuration for lithium anodes using the nuclear track method. The results have been published in Advanced Energy Materials.Chinese researchers have lately proposed a new 3D host configuration for lithium anodes using the nuclear track method. The results have been published in Advanced Energy Materials.
　　The study w...

| 23 05, 2023

Precision Mass Measurements of Nuclei Reveal Properties of Neutron Star

Researchers have measured the masses of several key nuclei with high-precision by employing a state-of-the-art storage-ring mass spectrometry technique. Figure. The detector system of nuclear mass spectrometer based on the Cooling Storage Ring (CSR) in Lanzhou. (Image from IMP)
　　Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese...

| 04 05, 2023

Researchers Fabricate Mechanical Metamaterials with Ultra-high Energy Absorption Capacity

Chinese researchers lately have successfully fabricated mechanical metamaterials with ultra-high energy absorption capacity using the ion track technology. The results were published in Nature Communications as Editors' Highlights. Fig. 1 The SEM image of a FIB-milled quasi-BCC beam nanolattice. (Image from IMP)
　　Chinese researchers have successfully fabricated mechanical metamaterials with ultra-high energy absorption cap...

| 21 04, 2023