FLAIR, a Facility for Low-energy Antiproton and Ion Research

The FAIR facility for beams of ions and antiprotons at Darmstadt will provide antiproton beams of intensities that are two orders of magnitude higher than currently available. The low-energy antiproton physics community has recognized the opportunity to create a next-generation low-energy antiproton facility and has submitted a proposal for a facility called FLAIR which was very positively evaluated in spring of 2005. FLAIR will be able to provide cooled antiproton beams well below 100 keV kinetic energy, which will allow for a much higher rate of trapped antiprotons and therefore greatly advance the currently performed experiments. Furthermore, the availability of continuous beams will make many new experiments possible. This talk gives an overview of the layout and physics program of the proposed facility. (author)