First results from the Double ElectroStatic Ion-Ring ExpEriment, DESIREE

We have stored the first beams in one of the rings of the double electrostatic ion-storage ring, DESIREE at cryogenic and at room temperature conditions. At cryogenic operations the following parameters are found. Temperature; T= 13K, pressure; p 10(7) and storage lifetime of a C-2(-) beam; tau = 450 S.