Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL)

CAEN CEDEX 5

http://www.ganil-spiral2.eu

GANIL is a national research infrastructure that operates around a set of several particle accelerators. It offers a wide range of accelerated ion beams over an energy range covering six orders of magnitude, enabling scientists from all over the world to carry out experiments in a wide variety of fields. Research focuses on nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics, irradiated materials and nanostructuring, molecular collisions and the interstellar medium, radiobiology and innovative techniques for imaging and hadrontherapy.

Le détecteur Agata du Grand accélérateur national d’ions lourds (GANIL). Agata (Advanced GAmma Tracking Array) est un multidétecteur de photons au Germanium ultra pur qui permet d’étudier la transition des noyaux atomiques exotiques (produits dans des réactions nucléaires entre un faisceau d’ions et les atomes d’une cible) quand ils passent d’un état excité à un état plus stable ou fondamental. Ces basculements, très brefs, de l’ordre de quelques picosecondes ou moins, donnent lieu à l’émission…

This exhibition is a response to the dual challenge of using images rather than words to "speak" about research and engaging in a dialogue with the public. Beyond images' pure beauty, they are also a research and investigation tool which enables scientists to decipher their own results. Photographs taken using all techniques - from cameras to drones and microscopes - offer another vision of research which can be surprising, unexpected, indecipherable and sometimes essential.

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Antoine Lemasson, médaille de bronze du CNRS 2018. Chercheur en physique nucléaire, spécialiste de l’étude des propriétés des noyaux exotiques et coordinateur scientifique du spectromètre Vamos au Grand accélérateur national d’ions lourds à Caen.

Portrait d'Antoine Lemasson lauréat de la Médaille de Bronze 2018 du CNRS. Chercheur en physique nucléaire, spécialiste de l'étude des propriétés des noyaux exotiques et coordinateur scientifique du spectromètre Vamos au Grand accélérateur national d'ions lourds à Caen.

The NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to nuclear…

The S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. This lab is dedicated to the study of neutron deficient super-heavy nuclei, non-existent on Earth, produced by means of stable, very high intensity ion beams delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC). Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to…

The NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to nuclear…

The S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. This lab is dedicated to the study of neutron deficient super-heavy nuclei, non-existent on Earth, produced by means of stable, very high intensity ion beams delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC). Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to…

Beam transport line in the NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is…

The S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. This lab is dedicated to the study of neutron deficient super-heavy nuclei, non-existent on Earth, produced by means of stable, very high intensity ion beams delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC). Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to…

The NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to nuclear…

The NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to nuclear…

Beam transport line in the NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is…

The S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. This lab is dedicated to the study of neutron deficient super-heavy nuclei, non-existent on Earth, produced by means of stable, very high intensity ion beams delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC). Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to…

The NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to nuclear…

Beam transport line in the NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is…

The S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. This lab is dedicated to the study of neutron deficient super-heavy nuclei, non-existent on Earth, produced by means of stable, very high intensity ion beams delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC). Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to…

The NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to nuclear…

The S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. This lab is dedicated to the study of neutron deficient super-heavy nuclei, non-existent on Earth, produced by means of stable, very high intensity ion beams delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC). Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to…

Beam transport line in the NFS (Neutrons For Science) laboratory of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The protons and the deutons delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC) can generate extremely intense neutron beams. NFS uses these neutrons for experiments in fundamental physics and in a large number of applications. Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is…

The S3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. This lab is dedicated to the study of neutron deficient super-heavy nuclei, non-existent on Earth, produced by means of stable, very high intensity ion beams delivered by the SPIRAL 2 superconductive linear accelerator (LINAC). Located more than 9 m underground, SPIRAL 2 is dedicated to…

Remote control station (PCD) of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL), in Caen. The SPIRAL 2 linear superconductive particle accelerator (LINAC) is connected to laboratories dedicated to the exploration of the atomic nucleus. The SPIRAL 2 LINAC delivers light and heavy ion beams at extremely high intensities, more than 10 times greater than those available at GANIL. It enables both light and heavy exotic…

Ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. Light particles (protons, deutons, alphas) and heavy ions are produced by means of Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) sources, composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms,…

View of the light particle source (protons, deutons, alphas) of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the…

View of the heavy ion source of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the gas atoms. The SPIRAL 2 linear…

High frequency room of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL), in Caen. This room is used to generate the radiofrequency waves used in the superconductive cavities of the accelerator (LINAC) to direct and accelerate the ion beams. At SPIRAL 2 the LINAC is connected to laboratories dedicated to the exploration of the atomic nucleus. The SPIRAL 2 LINAC delivers light and heavy ion beams at extremely high…

Ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. Light particles (protons, deutons, alphas) and heavy ions are produced by means of Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) sources, composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms,…

Heavy ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the gas atoms. The SPIRAL 2 linear…

Surface building of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL), in Caen. The SPIRAL 2 linear superconductive particle accelerator (LINAC) is connected to laboratories dedicated to the exploration of the atomic nucleus. The SPIRAL 2 LINAC delivers light and heavy ion beams at extremely high intensities, more than 10 times greater than those available at GANIL. It enables both light and heavy exotic nuclei to…

Remote control station (PCD) of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL), in Caen. The SPIRAL 2 linear superconductive particle accelerator (LINAC) is connected to laboratories dedicated to the exploration of the atomic nucleus. The SPIRAL 2 LINAC delivers light and heavy ion beams at extremely high intensities, more than 10 times greater than those available at GANIL. It enables both light and heavy exotic…

View of the light particle source (protons, deutons, alphas) of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the…

View of the light particle source (protons, deutons, alphas) of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the…

View of the heavy ion source of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the gas atoms. The SPIRAL 2 linear…

High frequency room of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL), in Caen. This room is used to generate the radiofrequency waves used in the superconductive cavities of the accelerator (LINAC) to direct and accelerate the ion beams. At SPIRAL 2 the LINAC is connected to laboratories dedicated to the exploration of the atomic nucleus. The SPIRAL 2 LINAC delivers light and heavy ion beams at extremely high…

Ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. Light particles (protons, deutons, alphas) and heavy ions are produced by means of Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) sources, composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms,…

Heavy ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the gas atoms. The SPIRAL 2 linear…

View of the heavy ion source of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the gas atoms. The SPIRAL 2 linear…

Remote control station (PCD) of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL), in Caen. The SPIRAL 2 linear superconductive particle accelerator (LINAC) is connected to laboratories dedicated to the exploration of the atomic nucleus. The SPIRAL 2 LINAC delivers light and heavy ion beams at extremely high intensities, more than 10 times greater than those available at GANIL. It enables both light and heavy exotic…

View of the light particle source (protons, deutons, alphas) of SPIRAL 2 (2nd generation linear radioactive ion production system), installed at the Large National Heavy Ion Accelerator (GANIL) in Caen. The Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source is composed of a vacuum cavity into which atoms are injected in the form of a gas. The cavity is subjected to a strong micro-wave field which causes collisions between free plasma electrons and the gas atoms, resulting in the ionisation of the…

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