HEARTS@GSI

Facility information


The HEARTS@GSI facility / Cave A showcasing a sample setup for electronics irradiation (left) and the current electronics target station (right). In the left picture the beam traverses from the left to right, exiting the vacuum exit window, through the beam monitors until it hits the devices under test. In the right picture the beam points towards the viewer. (Image: GSI)

The HEARTS@GSI facility / Cave A showcasing a sample setup for electronics irradiation (left) and the current electronics target station (right). In the left picture the beam traverses from the left to right, exiting the vacuum exit window, through the beam monitors until it hits the devices under test. In the right picture the beam points towards the viewer. (Image: GSI)


General facility parameters


Typical value Extra information
Ion species U
Beam flux
102 – 105 ions/cm2/s
 Higher values are also possible.
Spill timing 5s length with 2s pause The spill length is adjustable between 0.2 – 10s in length.
Beam delivery Raster scanning For more information see links below.
Beam size adjustable up to 5×5cm2 The size is freely adjustable, as magnetic raster scanning is used.
Uniformity better than ±5%
LET range
17 – 40 MeV·cm2/mg

Typical beam properties


Extraction energy
[MeV/u]		 Energy at DUT
[MeV/u]		 LET in Si
[MeV·cm2/mg]
 Range in Si
[mm]
900 882 17 39
600 581 19 22
400 378 22 11.9
300 275 25 7.4
200 169 32 3.6
150 113 40 2.0

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Availability



Further information


Please use this open-access publication to reference the HEARTS project:
R. García Alía et al., "The HEARTS EU Project and its Initial Results on Fragmented High-Energy Heavy Ion Single Event Effects Testing", in IEEE TNS, doi:10.1109/TNS.2025.3530502.

The HEARTS project is funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101082402, through the Space Work Programme of the European Commission.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.