List of available infrastructures and beams

Beams

LNL site comprises two single stage electrostatic accelerators, CN (6 MV maximum voltage) and AN2000 (2 MV maximum voltage), and the machines in the TANDEM-PIAVE-ALPI complex. A 70 MeV proton cyclotron is being commissioned as a driver of the SPES ISOL facility. The TANDEM-PIAVE-ALPI (TAP) complex features and electrostatic XTU TANDEM which can reach 14 MV and can be operated in stand-alone mode or as an injector of the 50 MV-equivalent superconducting ALPI LINAC accelerator. The superconducting PIAVE RFQ acts as a second injector for ALPI, and is equipped with and ECR source, for high intensity beams or species that cannot be accelerated from the TANDEM accelerator. Beams from the TANDEM-PIAVE-ALPI complex, included the future exotic beams from SPES, can be delivered to three different experimental halls: the first experimental hall hosts the beam lines for applied physics, the beam line of the EXOTIC in-flight facility and the beam line dedicated to the AGATA-PRISMA setup for nuclear physics studies. The second experimental hall hosts the PISOLO and 8PLPI arrays for reaction studies and the resident gamma-ray array GALILEO. The third experimental hall hosts the Garfield array for reaction studies. The 70P cyclotron can accelerate H- ions, to final energies varying from 35 to 70 MeV, with dual beam extraction and a maximum beam current of 750 µA. The beam can be delivered to the SPES ISOL target station as well as to other bunkers for irradiation and radioisotope production that will be soon available. The ALPI LINAC together with the new ADIGE norm conducting RFQ injector will act as the post-accelerator of the ISOL facility. Once operational, the SPES facility will become part of the LNL accelerator facilities.

The list of the available beams for LNL TAP is here.

The list of the available beams for LNL AN2000 and CN is here.

Neutrons are available in the BELINA facility, using the CN proton beam and a dedicated target. For more details contact the EUROLABS facility coordinator or Doctor Pierfrancesco Mastinu.

Radioactive ion beams: the SPES facility at LNL is not yet operational. Details will be provided as soon as beams for users will be available.

Experimental facilities available at LNL:

  • A Target Laboratory to produce targets and thin films depositions for nuclear physics experiments and interdisciplinary projects
  • Technical assistance for the installation of new set-ups, the maintenance of vacuum instrumentation, pumping systems, electrical components, and mechanical parts of the existing apparatuses
  • A computing centre and Data Acquisition Services for specific setups
  • A Detector Laboratory among the most advanced laboratories in Europe for testing and repairing High-Purity Germanium detectors
  • A surface technology and superconductivity laboratory
  • An electronic laboratory for developing and repairing electronic devices
  • A laboratory for detector testing