DESIREE – A DOUBLE ELECTROSTATIC STORAGE RING

DESIREE is a double electrostatic storage ring being built at the Manne Siegbahn Laboratory and Stockholm University. It will consist of two 9.2-m-circumference rings with one common straight section, and the rings will be built in a single large vacuum vessel that can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The project was funded through grants in 2003 and 2004, and commissioning is foreseen for 2007. DESIREE will be used for experiments in atomic, molecular and optical physics as well as biophysics and biochemistry.