Annual Report 2023 published

The actual annual report of the IKP has been published and is available for download.

This years cover picture shows the cooler synchrotron COSY which was in operation for 30 years from 1993 until 2023 with a reliability of more than 90% taking into account the scheduled shutdown periods. The bar chart gives the yearly uptime of COSY which delivered beam for up to about 7500 hours/year. In the upper right corner a photo from the inauguration ceremony is shown, which took place on April 1st 1993 in the presence of the German President Richard v. Weizsäcker.

During the COSY operation time many different experiments were served with about 500 visiting users from more than 50 institutions from about 25 different countries resulting in a large number of scientific publications and more than 200 PhD theses based on the data achieved in COSY experiments. Until 2015 the scientific focus was on hadron physics experiments which changed then to precision experiments and preparatory measurement for FAIR until it was decided to stop the COSY operation end of 2023.

The annual report can be downloaded here.