Forschungszentrum Jülich
Forschungszentrum Jülich is one of the largest interdisciplinary research institutions in Europe. It comprises nine research institutes working in the areas of energy, environmental science, information technology, brain research, etc. Within the Forschungszentrum Jülich, the institute for nuclear physics (IKP) operates and designs particle accelerators.
It main activity is the operation of the 2.88 GeV Cooler Synchrotron COSY – Jülich. In addition the IKP is also responsible for the design, construction, and commissioning of the High Energy Storage Ring (HESR) of FAIR. Staring 2015 the COSY accelerator is dedicated to deliver beams for studying future accelerator and detector techniques. Although mainly reserved for the FAIR and EDM project, this gives a unique possibility of having a large scale accelerator available for the evaluation of new accelerator based methods and devices.