Vignette du laboratoire GANIL représentant une ligne de transport haute énergie

Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL)

CAEN CEDEX 5

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.

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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…

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Le détecteur Agata du Grand accélérateur national d’ions lourds (GANIL)
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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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EXP085113
La Preuve Par l'Image 2019
20160093_0098
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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…

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20160093_0098
The NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0089
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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…

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20160093_0089
The S3 laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2
20160093_0103
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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…

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20160093_0103
The NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0094
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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…

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20160093_0094
The S3 laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2
20160093_0099
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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…

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20160093_0099
Beam transport line in the NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0090
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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…

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20160093_0090
The S3 laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2
20160093_0104
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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…

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20160093_0104
The NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0095
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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…

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20160093_0095
The NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0100
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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…

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20160093_0100
Beam transport line in the NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0091
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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…

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20160093_0091
The S3 laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2
20160093_0096
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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…

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20160093_0096
The NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0101
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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…

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20160093_0101
Beam transport line in the NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0092
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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…

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20160093_0092
The S3 laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2
20160093_0097
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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…

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20160093_0097
The NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0088
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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…

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20160093_0088
The S3 laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2
20160093_0102
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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…

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20160093_0102
Beam transport line in the NFS laboratory of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0093
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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…

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20160093_0093
The S3 laboratory being assembled at SPIRAL 2
20160093_0045
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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…

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20160093_0045
Remote control station of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0084
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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,…

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20160093_0084
Ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0075
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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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20160093_0075
View of the light particle source of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0066
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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…

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20160093_0066
View of the heavy ion source of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0050
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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…

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20160093_0050
High frequency room of SPIRAL 2
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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,…

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20160093_0080
Ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0071
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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…

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20160093_0071
Heavy ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0055
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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…

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20160093_0055
Surface building of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0046
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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…

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20160093_0046
Remote control station of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0085
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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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20160093_0085
View of the light particle source of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0076
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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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20160093_0076
View of the light particle source of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0067
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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…

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20160093_0067
View of the heavy ion source of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0051
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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…

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20160093_0051
High frequency room of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0081
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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,…

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20160093_0081
Ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0072
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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…

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20160093_0072
Heavy ion beam transport line of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0063
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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…

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20160093_0063
View of the heavy ion source of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0047
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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…

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20160093_0047
Remote control station of SPIRAL 2
20160093_0086
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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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20160093_0086
View of the light particle source of SPIRAL 2

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