4 J an 2 00 7 Precision Spectroscopy at Heavy Ion Ring Accelerator SIS 300

Abstract. Unique spectroscopic possibilities open up if a laser beam interacts with relativistic lithium-like ions stored in the heavy ion ring accelerator SIS300 at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany. At a relativistic factor γ = 36 the 2P1/2 level can be excited from the 2S1/2 ground state for any element with frequency doubled dye-lasers in collinear geometry. Precise transition energy measurements can be performed if the fluorescence photons, boosted in forward direction into the X-ray region, are energetically analyzed with a single crystal monochromator. The hyperfine structure can be investigated at the 2P1/2 − 2S1/2 transition for all elements and at the 2P3/2 − 2S1/2 transition for elements with Z ≤ 50. Isotope shifts and nuclear moments can be measured with unprecedented precision, in principle even for only a few stored radioactive species with known nuclear spin. A superior relative line width in the order of 5 · 10 may be feasible after laser cooling, and even polarized external beams may be prepared by optical pumping.