HADES experiment uses two kinds of beams: low intensity heavy ion beam which hits target inside the experiment (called HADES target) or pion beam produced by an interaction of high-intensity ion beam with another target, upstream of the Hades target. This target is called pion production target. The pion production target is hidden in a bunker for radiation shielding and is remotely controlled.

The beamline lies completly within NE-5 zone.

For experiments with HADES target a moderate beam intensities (<10^7 ions/second) are needed. Beam is extracted slowly (spills of about 10 s). The ion type is Au or Ag. Proton beam is a special case. It should be produced in synchrotron with the highest momentum possible (E=4.5 GeV). The protons will be used for strangeness production. Finally, for pion beams, the highest possible primary beam intensities are required. In 2014 it was about 10^11 nitrogen ions per spill, which were producing about 4*10^5 pions.

• Proposal 2016 Verbesserungsvorschlag für Strahlführung SIS18-HADES
• Summary 2019 HADES Upgrade Zusammenfassung