1. AUSTRIA Vienna University of Technolgy CANADA University of Manitoba York University CHINA China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Jilin Lanzhou University, Lanzhou University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Wuhan Physics Department, Northwest Normal University Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus DENMARK Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus EGYPT Physics Department, Beni-Suef Faculty of Science FRANCE Laboratoire kastler-Brossel, Ecole Normale Sup. Paris INSP, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie CIRIL Ganil Ecole Normale Superieure – Lyon Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon GERMANY Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald Forschungszentrum Jülich Freiburg University GSI, Darmstadt Institut für Kernphysik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Institut für Atom- und Molekülphysik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Sektion Physik, LMU Munich Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg Institut für Theoretische Physik, TU Dresden Tübingen University IKF, J.W.v.Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz Institut für Physik, Universität Kassel Institut für Theoretische Physik, TU Clausthal Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Universität Heidelberg TU Darmstadt Physikalisch-technische Bundesanstalt Mathematics Institute, University of Munich, 80333 Munich HUNGARY Inst. of Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Debrecen INDIA Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Vaish College, Rohtak Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ITALY Inst. Naz. Fisica Nucleare, Dip. di Fisica, Catania JAPAN University of Tokyo & Atomic Physics Laboratory RIKEN, Wako JORDAN Hashemite University POLAND Institute of Physics, Swietokrzyska Academy Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences The Soltan Institute For Nuclear Studies ROMANIA NIPNE National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering INFLRP and ISS National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Phys RUSSIA Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University Institute of Metrology for Time and Space at VNIIFTRI Institute of Spectroscopy of the RAS V.G.Khlopin Radium Institute, St.Petersburg SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Institute of Physics, Belgrade SWEDEN Chalmers University of Technology and Goteborg University Stockholm University Mid-Sweden University Lund University SWITZERLAND CERN Department of Physics, University Fribourg Institut für Physik, Universität Basel UNITED KINGDOM Department of Physics, The University of Durham Queen's University, Belfast UNITED STATES Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Georgia State University University of Missouri Rolla Oak Ridge National Laboratory Western Michigan University Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Brown University, Physics Department Univeristy of Texas at Austin Kansas State University Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University 254 participants from over 80 institutes https://gsi.helmholtz.de/fair/experiments/sparc Stored Particle Atomic Research Collaboration March 2004 LoI and green light for Technical Proposal October 2004 First SPARC Workshop&CM @GSI January 2005 Technical Proposal submitted March 2005 Evaluation of TP  green light June 2005 Evaluation of costs  green light July 2005 SPARC part of the core facility of FAIR July 2005 Collaboration meeting @ Rosario, Argentin September 2005 Cost planning for first stage Sept. 2005 SPARC Workshop&CM @ Piaski, Poland January 2006 Technical Report Events Additional Activities36 talks presented at conferences and seminars, 23 publications August 2006 SPARC session @ CAARI, Dallas August 2006 Memorandum of Understanding Sept 2006 Collaboration meeting @ Belfast, UK February 2007 SPARC Workshop&CM @ Paris July 2007 SPARC Theory Workshop @ GSI June 2008 SPARC sessions@ CEPAS, Cluj, Romania July 2008 Strong Field workshop @ GSI August 2008 SPARC sessions@CAARI Dallas Sept 2008 SPARC sessions@ HCI Tokyo Sept 2008 SPARC Workshop&CM @ Predreal, Rumania Sept 2009 SPARC Workshop&CM@ Lisbon,Portugal

2. The SPARC-Collaboration: Atomic Physics with: Heavy Highly Charged Ions Relativistic Heavy Ions Radioactive Nuclei Extreme Static Electromagnetic Fields Extreme Dynamic Fields New concepts of Strong Field QED Correlated Many-Body Quantum Dynamics Precision Determination of Fundamental Constants New Decay of Highly Ionized Atomic Nuclei Tests of Fundamental Symmetries Fundamental Nuclear Properties from Atomic Data

3. FAIR – Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research CN DE ES FI FR GB GR IN IT PL RO RU SE Observers SPARC Experimental Stations SIS300 FLAIR NESR HEC FLAIR

4. electron cooler NESR Present design status of experimental installations at NESR for technical reports to be submitted 2009

5. common application of 22 german university groups for the preparation of experimental set-ups to be used during the FAIR start period (submitted december 2008)

6. gas jet ion beam superfluid He and micro-droplet H 2 targets (R. Grisenti et al., 2008) Internal Target section @ ESR  NESR

7. Target Development for In-Ring Experiments (NESR, FLAIR) Droplet diameter ≈4  m External disturbances lead to fast liquid jet disintegration Design goal for NESR: jet-diameter below 1 mm; densities between 10 11 and 10 16 1/cm 3 R. Grisenti (superfluid targets), micro-droplet targets (H 2, He), Univ. Frankfurt): Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Online imaging (diagnostics) of the beam target overlap. He-target 10 7 Xe projectiles 10 6 Xe projectiles

8. Uppsala Electron Cooler Arrived @ GSI after modification to be used as electron target in NESR

9. The Reaction Microscope at ESR for NESR First results of two electron momenta 230 MeV/u U90+ - Ar e - -cooler HF cavity Gas jet pulsed beam ESR Daniel Fischer et al. Emmy Nöther Young Scientist Group, MPI-K energy-, momentum balance in single collisions

10. Experiments with HCI and Intense Laser Beams PHELIX Laser Wavelength Angle x-ray emission spectrum 4d  4p 22.02 nm, 56 eV Thomas Kühl et al. x-ray laser with nickel-like ions Zr up to 2s-2p (280eV) in Li-like Z=92 possible tuning via Doppler-shift  p/p~5x10 -5 @ NESR: wide range of accessible ions excitation in the NESR anti-collinear

11. to experiments DDB section IH section RFQ section matching section and cooler trap HITRAP: U 92+ at rest 7m Currently HITRAP is getting commissioned

12. @ Relativistic Energies Quantum Electrodynamics, Cooling, Crystalline Beams improved resolution factor of 10 to 20 QED in Li-like systems H. Backe, arXiv:physics/0701056 (2007) SIS100/300

13. laser lab North injection into beamline via mirror extraction via mirror and beam dump detector space / spectrometer x-rays interaction length 25 m (i.e. ~2 x 12.9 m) SIS300 technical report to be submitted 2009 Present design status of laser experiment at

14. SPARC Money matrix * includes manpower cost generally the money matrix presents only the Investment cost

15. SPARC Money matrix * includes man power cost ** includes also HITRAP subproject (PSP-code 1.3.1.4.6)

16. SPARC Money matrix *includes man power cost

17. Issues: Additional funding sources for the SPARC experiments Man power Experimental Collaborations - FAIR cooperation Technical Design Reports (TDR) for all experiment and installations within SPARC are being prepared Present external funding SPARC/GSI-AP: DAAD: 2 grants INTAS grants EU: EURONS (running) HGF: 3 Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups Emmy Nöther Young Scientist Group BMBF Verbundforschung: 4M€ National funding: Poland, Romania, Japan, Sweden Spokesperson Meeting GSI, Feb. 09

18. Reserve

19. WPPackage total costs contrib. from 3rd party AP [FTE] Collab. [FTE] Add. [FTE] Total FTE Duration [years] Laser Experiments59006.520531.5 (1.1)Laser Cooling3300555155 (1.2)High-Intensity Laser26001.515016.55 High-Energy-AP26080416020 (2.1)High-Energy110022045 (2.2)Res. Coherent Exc.50 1120135 (2,3)Pair Production1003012035 AP at NESR555455034.586.531152 (3.1)Electron Target1310033393-4 (3.2)Internal Jet Target8070244104 (3.3)Spectr. for Hard X-rays90022263 (3.4)Spectr. for Soft X-rays130021363 (3.5)Calorimeter10005004160204 (3.6)2D / Polarimeter31706153244 (3.7)X-ray Optics185012145 (3.8)Electron Spectrometer21000.53 45 (3.9)Spectr. for Recoils and Electrons1925024285 (3.10)Imaging Fast Forw.Spectrometer22800.53.5155 (3.11)Laser Setup86509339515 (3.12)Infrastructure/Operation22002.50 55 Cooled Decel & Extr. Ions 3951237518.753.616.588.8 FLAIR Building 12256 (4.1)Low Energy Cave98003.55.63.512.67 (4.2)HITRAP Facility59609156303 (4.3)Reaction Microscope65 010.51.54 (4.4)Ion-Surface Interaction445 292134 (4.5)X-ray Studies430 0.510010.55 (4.6)g-Factor Measurements240 1.582.5125 (4.7)Mass Measurements650 11025 (4.8)Laser experiments545 0.2202.25 SUM10 355 3005 63.7176.152.5292.3 Aver. 4.7

20. Electron and electron-positron spectrometers Lanzhou, Tata, CEA Saclay, IKF, GANIL Local contact: Rido Mann/X-W Ma Electron cooler - target developments Budker Institute, MPI-K-HD, MSL, Giessen Local contact: Christophor Kozhuharov Laser spectroscopy and laser/Ion interaction MBI, Paris Sud, MPQ, LLNL, TUD, Stockholm, Mainz, Belfast Local contact: Thomas Kühl Target developments (in ring) TSL, IKF Frankfurt, GSI Local contact: R. Grisenti Photon and x-ray spectrometers Jülich, Harvard, Mainz, IKF, Cracow, Kielce, Swierk, IMP, Uni HD Local contact: Heinrich Beyer Photon detector development Jülich, Harvard, Mainz, IKF, Cracow, Kielce, Swierk, IMP, U-Heidelberg Local contact: Thomas Stöhlker COLTRIMS GANIL, MPI-K-HD, IKF, KSU, Catania Local contact: Siegbert Hagmann Low-energy experiments Lyon, Vienna, Bukarest, Giessen, IMP Local contact: Angela Bräuning-Demian HITRAP Mainz, MSU, IAP-FFM, FZ-Jülich, MPI-K, Vienna, Cracow, Groningen, Stockholm Local contact: Wolfgang Quint Structure: Managing group+ Theory: Atomic structure and Collisions Dresden, Gothenburg, Heidelberg, Kassel, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Lanzhou Local contact: S. Fritzsche Collaboration Board (CB) + representatives of working groups Close contacts with FLAIR, Biology and Material, and EXL High-energy experiments RIKEN, Lyon, GSI, Stockholm Local contact: Dieter Liesen

21. Collaboration Board (CB) since 22.11. 07 F. Currell represents UK D. Fluerasu repres. Romania M. Pajek represents Poland V. Shabaev represents Russia G. Garcia represents Spain Y. Yamazaki represents Japan X. Ma represents China D. Dauvergne, H Rotthard represent France E. Silver, J. Tanis, represent USA T. Kirchner, A. Müller, Th. Stöhlker, A. Wolf, repr- Germany L. Tribedi represents India R. Schuch represents Sweden J. P. Santos repres. Portugal T. Zouros represents Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy Spokesperson (R. Schuch S), deputy spokesperson (M. Pajek P), local contact (Th. Stoehlker D).

22. Scientific Goal: Precision Studies of the Quantum Dynamics of Atomic Systems in Critical and Super-Critical Fields Quantum Dynamics in Extrem Fields: The Program of the SPARC -Collaboration Observables: high-resolution x-ray, electron, positron, projectile and recoil-ion spectroscopy NESR FLAIR SIS100/300 SPARC Experimential areas High Energy Cave Discovery Potential :  new concepts for QED in extreme fields  correlated many-body dynamics via ultrashort and super intense field pulses  precision determination of fundamental constants ( , m e )  proof of fundamental symmetries  discovery of new decay modes of nuclei  determination of fundamental nuclear properties via atomic data

23. Estimated Investment and Manpower for SPARC 7 new positions needed for SPARC

24. e- spectrom. e- target HP Laser internal target x-ray spect. Detectors COLTRIMS Low-E HCI HITRAP Collaboration Members(254, 83inst.,28countr.) Theor structure Theor. dynamics Laser cooling Working groups with contact persons ion sources Close contacts with FLAIR, Biology and Material, and EXL collaborations for coordination of installations High-E HCI Collaboration Board (CB) Spokespersons/ local contacts Major country and project representativ 5th SPARC Workshop Sept. 23– 28, 2008, Predeal, Romania

25. Experiments IH-structure+ MEBT RFQDouble-drift-buncher LEBT+ Cooler-trap vertical beam line HITRAP U 92+ at rest overview in the re-injection channel at ESR successful tests of beamlines decelerator structures detectors bunchers emittance meter with beams from ESR Cooler trap available: magnet electrodes HV-cage