Organization:Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds

The Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), or Large Heavy Ion National Accelerator, is a French national nuclear physics research center in Caen. The facility has been in operation since 1983, and consists primarily of two serialised synchrocyclotrons. It is a part of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), more specifically the CEA Paris-Saclay center.

See also

Projects:

• Fazia

Similar facilities:

• GSI, Germany
• Riken, Japan
• NSCL, USA
• Dubna, Russia
• CERN, Switzerland
• TRIUMF, Canada

External links

• https://www.ganil-spiral2.eu
• CEA Irfu GANIL
• Scholarpedia article