Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds

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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.

See also[]

Projects:

• Fazia

Similar facilities:

• GSI
• Riken, Japan
• NSCL, USA
• Dubna, Russia
• CERN
• TRIUMF

External links[]

• GANIL
• Scholarpedia article

Coordinates: 49°12′52″N 0°21′38″W / 49.21444°N 0.36056°W / 49.21444; -0.36056