RAON, the heavy-ion accelerator, is a research facility used in various fields requiring scientific technique such as nuclear physics, astrophysics, nuclear energy, life and medicalscience, atomic physics and solid state physics for multiple purposes. As the equipment accelerating ions of all heavy elements on earth heavier than hydrogen to very high speed similar to that of light, the heavy-ion accelerator is an integration of techniques of superconductivity, ultra-high vacuum, and cryogenic temperature. In particular, it maintains the inner side of a large accelerator at a temperature much lower than space. RAON seeks to be the best in the world. RAON is the first facility to combine two methods (ISOL and IF); thus generating rare isotopes that had not been found until now. RAON will use these isotopes for basic and applied researches. RAON, which has 200MeV/u of rare isotope beam energy and 400kW of beam output, is the best in terms of performance among heavy-ion accelerators in operation or under construction. RAON can accelerate the ions of all elements on the periodic table from the hydrogen, the firstin atom numbers of the periodic table, to uranium, the 92; thus enabling a wide range of research. RAON is the start of basic science research as an integrated body of the latest technology. We support research studies on the evolution process of space and stars, nuclear symmetry energy, development of the latest techniques for treating cancer.
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