IPAC'26 - the 17th International Particle Accelerator Conference

GANIL - SPIRAL2 facility : first years of operation and new developments.

18 May 2026, 09:30

30m

C.I.D

Invited Oral Presentation MC4.A08: Hadron accelerators: Linear Accelerators MC0 : opening session

Speaker

Robin Ferdinand (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique)

Description

The Ganil- SPIRAL2 facility has been operating since 2020, producing various ion beams for the experimental facility Neutron For Science. The variety of beams to be accelerated by the linac, from protons up to uranium beams, with variable energies from 0,75 MeV/A up 33 MeV for protons and a very large range in intensities (from nA up to mA) makes the operation of the facility very specific, either in terms of required diagnostics and tuning softwares. The first years of operation in these conditions will be reviewed, and the new developments currently underway, necessary for an ever more efficient operation, will be presented.