DETECTORS
EXOGAM2
EXOGAM2 (EXOtic & GAMma) is a new digital electronics package which will be used in the EXOGAM at GANIL, thus making it possible to reach hitherto unequalled counting rates, for the study of the nuclear structure, and to significantly increase the energy resolution of the detected particles. Thanks to this improvement, both the very high intensities of the stable beams delivered by LINAG, and the radioactive beams of SPIRAL2, can be efficiently exploited. |
FAZIA
| FAZIA (Four-pi A and Z Identification Array) is a next generation multi-detector for the detection of electrically charged particles, enabling the dynamics and thermodynamics of highly exotic nuclear matter to be studied. With it, the high-resolution identification of particles generated during collisions between nuclei is possible, thanks to the use of digitization and by analyzing the shape of the signals generated when charged particles are trapped within a silicon crystal. |
GASPARD
Dedicated to the study of direct nuclear reactions induced by SPIRAL2's beams, the GASPARD (GAmma SPectroscopy and PARticle Detection) detector will make it possible to study these reactions under optimal conditions, thanks to its ability to simultaneously detect, with high efficiency, both particles and gamma rays. |
PARIS
| The very high-intensity beams of neutron-rich ions produced by SPIRAL2 are used in the study of giant vibration, shape change and hyper deformation phenomena within nuclei produced with high rotational velocities. For that purpose, the PARIS (Photon Array for studies with Radioactive Ions and Stable beams) detector provides cutting edge technology for the detection of gamma rays emitted by these nuclei. |
NEDA
 | This will be an ancillary detector, coupled to a set of germanium-based gamma detectors (AGATA). It will be used in different studies of the nuclear structure of both neutron-rich and neutron-poor nuclei. In addition to its high efficiency and good neutron-gamma discrimination, NEDA will make it possible to detect several neutrons simultaneously, and to measure their energy, on the basis of their flight time. |
AGATA
| AGATA is a spherical gamma ray multi-detector consisting of pure Ge crystals. It is being developed by a wide-ranging European collaboration and is dedicated to experiments using beams of stable and radioactive heavy ions, for the study of the structure of nuclei. |
ACTAR
| ACTAR is a Research & Development project for the development of innovative systems for detecting the trajectories of charged particles within a gas target. This target has the particularity of also being a three-dimensional detector. With this technology, it will be possible to study the structure of highly exotic nuclei. |
HELIOS
 | HELIOS is a spectrometer for studying nuclear reactions that is developed at the Argonne National Laboratory, USA. It has already performed several experiments in the USA and its superior resolution has been demonstrated. It will be upgraded in order to work with SPIRAL2 and explore nuclear structure using very neutron-rich beams. |
