Speaker
Dr
Antonio Villari
(GANIL)
Description
The first accelerated exotic beam of the SPIRAL (“Production System of
Radioactive Ion and Acceleration On-Line”) facility at GANIL at Caen has been
delivered for experiments in September 2001. After working for almost 5 years,
32 experiments were performed in the facility using exotic isotopes of helium,
oxygen, neon, argon and krypton. The intensities of the radioactive beams
increased since the first beam was delivered. Nominal intensity values are
achieved for most of noble gas beams. Developments of new beams as well as
the increasing of present intensities for a number of isotopes are being
undertaken. Together with highlights of physics results, this contribution will
also present the first results obtained for the production of light alkali beams.
Other developments are also envisaged in the close future.
Author
Dr
Antonio Villari
(GANIL)
