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:

Similar facilities:

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

49°12′52″N 0°21′38″W

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