
About company
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research is a limited liability company that operates a worldwide large-scale accelerator facility for heavy ions. Approximately 1000 researchers from universities and other research institutes around the world use the facility for their experiments. The center is a member of the Helmholtz Association, Germany’s largest research organization. Its associates include the German Federal Government, the State of Hessen, the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, and the Free State of Thuringia. They are represented in the board of directors by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the respective Ministries. GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research was founded in 1969 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany.