What's SPIRAL2 ?
Tomorrow's physics is under prepartion at GANIL. The future SPIRAL2 linear accelerator will produce light and heavy exotic nuclei at extremely high intensities. These entirely new particle beams will make it possible to explore the boundaries of matter.
SPIRAL2 (Second Generation System On-Line Production of Radioactive Ions) is a linear particle accelerator project for the study of fundamental nuclear physics and multidisciplinary research.
This facility, which is as large as the current GANIL installation, will produce the only beams of their kind in the world, starting in 2012.
More information: project organization and SPIRAL2 professional web site.
