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FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) is an international accelerator facility under construction at the site of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt. FAIR will deliver a wide range of intense primary and secondary beams at relativistic energies, including radioactive beams of all elements and, in a later stage, antiprotons.
The existing GSI accelerators will become part of the future FAIR facility and serve as the first acceleration stage while simultaneously permitting a cutting-edge scientific programme using the existing installations. Within the currently approved funding scope, the vision of FAIR2028 is being realised, where the new installations such as the SIS100 synchrotron and the Super-FRS fragment separator together with associated experimental caves and instrumentation is being combined with the existing GSI installations into a world-leading facility.
An overview of the science made possible with the new and upgraded installations will be made, illustrated by a number of recent scientific highlights. Furthermore, the effects and mitigation actions following a fire incident in the UNILAC injector during early 2026 will be elaborated upon.
