Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Heidelberg · Germany
MPIK hosts several ion-trap experiments. PENTATRAP uses five Penning traps to compare highly charged ions with very high mass precision. PENTATRAP and ALPHATRAP are different experiments.
Host institution: MPIK Heidelberg
Experiments and instruments
- PENTATRAP — Five Penning traps for highly charged ions
Location evidence: facility_exact · verified_primary
Categories and capabilities: core-nuclear, penning-trap
Machines and instruments
No detailed equipment inventory recorded; see the official source.
Sources
Source checked: 2026-10-04 · official:mpik-heidelberg