Space Research

• Radiobiology
• Tests and calibrations of space flight instruments
• Radiation hardness of electronic components

Heavy-ion cancer therapy

• Physical dose distribution
• Biological effectiveness
• Biologically optimized treatment planning
• Precisely tumor-conformant irradiation
• Online therapy monitoring

Physics of heavy ions

• Precision measurements of depth-dose profiles of ion beams and comparison with model calculations
• Lateral beam spread and range straggling
• Heavy-ion dosimetry
• Measurements and model calculations for δ-electrons
• Characterisation of the particle field as function of penetration depth of high-energy ion beams
  • Experimental studies of yields, energy- and angular distributions of nuclear fragments
  • Secondary neutrons
  • Bench mark data for validation of the physical model used for treatment planning