In the framework of a present important modification of the european landscape of nuclear physicis facilities (advent of FAIR facility in the next few years, upgrade of HiE-ISOLDE, start of SPIRAL2 phase1,..), both managements of CEA and CNRS have launched a process to bring up to date the foreseen role of GANIL in the fields of nuclear physics, atomic physics, biophysics and associated applications and technologies (neutrons for science and applications, energy…). This is summarized in the letter available here.
With this perspective, you are invited to send a contribution of about two pages maximum that summarizes what are the important assets that GANIL brings to your field of activities, and what would be the optimal evolution for this structure. In addition, you are invited to develop the main challenges that you anticipate GANIL will have to face.
You may deposit (either individually or collectively) your contribution on this web page up to the 17th of April 2020.
It will be public and will be the basis for a synthesis and an analysis that will be driven by an international committee lead by Michel Spiro.
The following timeline describes the process that has been organized for the analysis of the contributions deposited on this site :
- May 2020: Analysis of the collected contributions
- June 9th: 1st meeting of the International Expert Committee
- June 25th: Presentation to the GANIL CODIR of the International Expert Committee analysis
- Decision taken to build 2 working groups
1/ Interdisciplinary hall (G. de France et al.)
2/ Electromagnetic probe (V. Lapoux et al.)
- September: kick-off meeting of the Working groups.
- November 12-13th 2020: Meeting to discuss the progresses of the working groups
- December 1st: Working groups reports: Electromagnetic Probe and Interdisciplinary Hall
- December 3rd: 2nd meeting of the International Expert Committee. Presentation of the Working Groups Conclusions
- Discussions show the need for 2 additional working groups
3/ Acceleration of exotic beams (S. Gales et al.)
4/ Futur of cyclotrons for interdisciplinary research (N. Moncoffre et al.)
- December 2020: Meeting with CNRS and CEA directions
- December 18th: Presentation to the GANIL CODIR of the International Expert Committee conclusions
2021
- March: Reports of the additional working groups : Reaccelerating of Exotic beams and Beams for Interdisciplinary research
- April : letter of Synthesis for the electromagnetic probe
- June: Presentation of the International Expert Committee intermediate conclusions to the GANIL CODIR
- June 7th : meeting of the International Expert Committee. Discussion on the Working Groups Conclusions
- Later : Presentation of the conclusions to CNRS and CEA direction
2022
Conclusions of the Expert Committee for the future of GANIL are released.
