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Science Day - 16 November 2009

In line with an annual tradition, GANIL will participate in the French Science Day events, and will present its activities at Caen's Science Village.

Understanding stellar explosions is less straightforward than previously thought - 27 April 2009

Stellar explosions called novæ are caused by nuclear reactions between the star's atoms. In order to better understand such violent phenomena, astrophysicists study the radiation emitted by certain types of atom, and in particular the fluorine-18 produced by these reactions. Now, researchers at GANIL, in collaboration with teams from the UK, Belgium, Romania and France, have determined that fluorine-18 appears to be less abundant than expected. This discovery therefore reduces the chances of observing the radiation emitted by this atom. It implies new constraints for the observation and understanding of novæ.

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