IPAC'26 - the 17th International Particle Accelerator Conference

GANIL-SPIRAL2 4 years in operation

Not scheduled

20m

C.I.D

Contributed Oral Presentation MC4.A08: Hadron accelerators: Linear Accelerators

Speaker

Omar Kamalou (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds)

Description

Since 2019, the SPIRAL2 SC linear accelerator at GANIL (Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds) produces pulsed to CW ion beams from A/Q=1 to 3.
Beam time during the last 4 years was mainly dedicated to experiments in the NFS room with D+ at energies from 1 to 40 MeV, frequently using the bunch selector allowing neutron time-of-flight measurements.
Part of the beam time was also used to prepare the linac for the S3 experimental room commissioning accelerating heavy ions up to A/Q=3 from 0.75 to 14.5 MeV/A.

In addition, studies were carried out to improve the linac beam availability and efficiency, and the global availability for users. This paper presents the beam time sharing over the four years of operation and summarizes the studies that have been conducted.