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A new experiment is being built at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
(MPIK) within the PRIOC project (Precision studies on Ion Collisions) where
a reaction microscope (Remi) and a magneto-optical trap (MOT) as target are
combined to a so called MOTRemi. This setup will be implemented into the
ion storage ring 'Testspeicherring' (TSR) of the MPIK. The world-wide unique
combination of these three state-of-the-art technologies shall enable to perform
kinematically complete studies of ion-atom collision with unprecedented detail and
resolution. In this thesis, a two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (2D-MOT) was
developed and tested as a source of slow lithium atoms for the loading of the
target MOT. This method allows a very compact setup and oers a collimated
beam and a ux of cold atoms comparable to the highest uxes achieved by using
laser cooling. The temperature of the atomic beam was determined to be at the
scale of a few Kelvin and, thus, it is already an adequate stand-alone target for
momentum resolved experiments.
