17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

GANIL - SPIRAL2 facility : recent achievements and upgrades

MOI4M01
18 May 2026, 09:30
30m
Auditorium Michel d’Ornano (C.I.D)

Auditorium Michel d’Ornano

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 Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) is a multi-beam facility, unique in intensity, particle types and simultaneous production. The Sys-tème de Production d’Ions Radioactifs en Ligne de 2ème génération (SPIRAL2) facility covering an excep-tionally broad intensity range, from nanoamperes to milliamperes further enhances the scientific opportu-nities of the laboratory. The first proton beams from the LINAC were produced in 2019 and is operational for physics experiments since 2022. The cyclotron operation and the initial operational challenges and lessons learned in the first years of operation of the LINAC and Neutrons For Science (NFS) facilities are presented. The physics program at GANIL-SPIRAL2 is briefly presented. The ongoing upgrades and devel-opments essential to sustain increasingly ambitious pure and applied science programs are also presented.

In which format do you inted to submit your paper? Word
Preprint marking on your proceeding paper I wish my paper to be marked as preprint.
I no longer wish to present this contribution, please withdraw it. Keep my contribution

Author

Robin Ferdinand (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique)

Co-authors

Alain Savalle (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Dr Angie Orduz (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Franck Lutton (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds) Frederic Chautard (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Dr Hanna Franberg Delahaye (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Dr Hervé Savajols (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds) Jean-Charles Thomas (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds) Dr Marek Lewitowicz (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds) Pascal Anger (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Pierre-Emmanuel Bernaudin (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Xavier Ledoux (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds)

Presentation materials

There are no materials yet.