The physics program at the Kielce EBIS-A facility

The status of the new EBIS-A irradiation facility constructed by the Dreebit GmbH company, Dresden, for the new laboratory at the Jan Kochanowski University (JKU) in Kielce designed for the studies of ion-matter interactions is presented. The facility will be used for the interdisciplinary studies involving atoms, molecules, plasmas, surfaces and cells by taking an advantage of low-energy highly charged ions (HCI) and x-ray spectroscopy techniques. The EBIS-A facility, consisting of an EBIT-type ion source, beam guiding and diagnostic system, double focusing analyzing magnet and multipurpose target chamber, offers new opportunities for performing the experiments on slow, highly charged ions colliding with matter, including such different phenomena as formation of nanostructures in ion-surface interactions, recombination processes in plasma, fragmentation of biomolecules by ion and electron impact and the radiobiological effects in living cells. In this paper a concept of the EBIT/X-ray laboratory, construction details of the EBIS-A facility, the physics program, based on our former experimental activities in the atomic and molecular collisions, and application of x-ray spectroscopy in materials science are discussed.