Radiative electron capture studied for bare, decelerated uranium ions

By applying the deceleration technique for bare uranium ions at the ESR sto rage ring we studied the Radiative Electron Capture process in collisions w ith low-Z target atoms. This allowed us to extend the current information a bout the time-reversed photoionization process of highly-charged heavy ions to much lower energies than those accessible for neutral heavy elements in the direct reaction channel. The angular differential data obtained prove theoretical predictions that at high-Z higher-order multipole contributions and magnetic corrections play an important role even at energies close to the threshold.