News & Highlights 2023
News from 2023
December 14, 2023
Focus on AGATA gamma spectrometer
AGATA (Advanced GAmma Tracking Array) is a gamma-ray spectrometer that enables to explore with unprecedented precision the structure of exotic nuclei produced in the laboratory by heavy-ion collisions. This jewel in the crown of the European high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy community…
November 28, 2023
A whole range of nuclei will be accessible for the first time for experiments at DESIR
Following the laying of the foundation stone on 10 November, the DESIR project is now taking shape at GANIL. Expected to be completed in 3 to 4 years' time, this experimental hall will provide unprecedented resources for analysis, using exotic…
October 1, 2023
Scientific annual report 2022
This report is a snapshot of GANIL's activities. It is also a signature, an open window on the complex and intense activities taking place at the laboratory, in pursuit of a rich scientific program, gathered into different thematics in…
September 29, 2023
GANIL on the trail of Sodium 22 to better understand novae
Using an innovative experimental set-up, a team of nuclear physicists from GANIL has been able to scrutinise with unprecedented precision the process of disappearance of Na 22, a radioactive isotope of sodium. This isotope, which scientists hope to detect in…
September 28, 2023
GANIL thesis prizes awarded to Chloé Fougères and Lukas Madauss
For the first time, two GANIL thesis prizes were awarded this year. The first went to Chloé Fougères for her thesis at GANIL under the supervision of François de Oliveira, entitled "Understanding the cosmic abundance of 22Na: lifetime measurements in…
July 10, 2023
GANIL open days – December 2, 2023
Important information: - An identity card (or passport) will be requested from each visitor at the entrance to the site - The duration of the visit is approximately 2 hours. The visit requires taking stairs on several floors. Please…
June 30, 2023
Ministerial visit to GANIL to address the development of future projects
On June 9, 2023, Sylvie Retailleau, Minister for Higher Education and Research, and Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Energy Transition, visited the GANIL facilities. On this occasion, Sylvie Retailleau announced €40 million for GANIL's projects funding, in particular the renovation of…
March 30, 2023
GANIL PhD Award
The GANIL Thesis Award recognizes and rewards achievements of PhD students who earned their doctoral degree based on GANIL experiments or a theoretical study closely related to research at GANIL. More information : https://www.ganil-spiral2.eu/scientists/running-an-experiment-in-ganil/becoming-a-member-of-ganil-community/ganil-award-for-best-ph-d-thesis/
February 27, 2023
First experience with FALSTAFF at NFS
After several years of development at Saclay, the first part of the Falstaff spectrometer was moved to GANIL in 2021 and then installed on NFS for the study of uranium 235. The experiment that took place in November and December…