Astrophysics with heavy-ion beams

Abstract The ‘Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research’ (FAIR), an international accelerator centre, is under construction in Darmstadt, Germany. FAIR will provide high-intensity primary beams of protons heavy-ions, intense secondary antiprotons rare short-lived isotopes. These beams, together with a variety modern experimental setups, allow to perform unique research program on nuclear astrophysics, including the exploration nucleosynthesis universe, QCD matter at high baryon densities, order shed light properties neutron stars, dynamics star mergers. Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment investigate collisions between heavy nuclei, measure various diagnostic probes, which are sensitive high-density equation-of-state (EOS), microscopic degrees-of-freedom matter. CBM physics be discussed.