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Programme spécifique: Capacities Site du projet SPIRAL2 PP |
Début: 01/11/2007, Fin: 31/03/2012 |
Responsable scientifique IPN: Fadi IBRAHIM |
Description:
The main goal of the
SPIRAL2 PP is to develop and sign the Consortium Agreement allowing for
the construction and operation of the facility as a European research
infrastructure. The current legal and management structures of the GANIL
will be adapted to the international character of the SPIRAL2 project.
The SPIRAL2 project located at the GANIL facility (Caen, France) will
deliver energetic rare (radioactive) isotope beams with intensities not
yet available with presently running machines. The study of the
properties of nuclei forming these beams or their interaction with
stable nuclei is a rapidly developing field of contemporary nuclear
physics, astrophysics and interdisciplinary research. Although the
Region Basse-Normandie and the French funding agencies (CNRS and CEA)
are financing the investment to the extent of 80% for the baseline
project, the budget for several important extensions of the baseline
project and for the new detectors, essential for the full exploitation
of the SPIRAL2 facility is not ensured today and entirely depends on the
success of the Preparatory Phase. The Preparatory Phase will deal with
the critical financial, legal and organisational issues related to the
international character of the SPIRAL2 facility during its construction
and operation phases. Searching for new funding partners will be
achieved by direct contacts and negotiations between international
partners, their funding agencies and the European Commission as
established through the official visits, meetings and workshops.
Several critical technical issues have still to be addressed in order to
construct the SPIRAL2 facility and associated instrumentation. The
corresponding tasks were chosen in order to solve the remaining
technical challenges as well as to attract efficiently European
partners. In particular, the accent was put on the new instrumentation
for SPIRAL2. This topic, being the most attractive for scientists, is an
excellent tool to convince the funding agencies of international
partners to commit for the construction phase. The attractiveness of
SPIRAL2 for outside users will be improved by the construction of new
infrastructures. |
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