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How to propose an experiment

How to propose an experiment

GANIL is a National User's Facility. It is available to a wide national and international scientific community.

 

Beams available at GANIL:

 

Nuclear Physics

- high-energy stable beams (from CSS1 and CSS2)           available list here
- high-energy exotic beams (CLIM targets)
- low- and medium-energy stable beams (from CIME)
- low- and medium-energy exotic beams (from SPIRAL)     available list here

 

Interdiscplinary Physics (1)

- medium-energy stable beams (SME)
- low-energy stable beams (IRRSUD)
- very-low-energy stable beams (LIMBE).

 

Nuclear Physics Proposals:

 

In order to perform any test or experiment with beam at GANIL, users must submit a written proposal.

Please note:

  1. For any experiment or test campaigns with a particle beam at GANIL a written request MUST be submitted to the PAC which meet about every 6 months.
  2. In very exceptional cases, written requests may be submitted directly to the GANIL Director for discretionary beam time.
  3. For specific test runs, a written request should be submitted directly to the GANIL Director for discretionary time, at least 2 months before programming of the relevant period, i.e. 5-6 months before the beginning of the period. Such tests must be limited to very specific measurements, while any development of a whole programme of measurements must be evaluated by the PAC.
  4. For urgent tests, a written request should be sent to the Directors, at least 2 months before the requested beam time: however, there is no guarantee that the programme will be able to accommodate such tests at short notice.

Proposals must be made on the GANIL Proposal for Experiment form together with a full description of the experiment. This description must not exceed 5 pages, and should be sent as a RTF or PDF file, together with the 2-page proposal form. Your file should be called Name_PAC_GANIL_month_year.(appropriate extesion) where "Name" is the name of the spokesperson and should be sent to the beam coordinator at this e-mail address(2): coordinateur at ganil.fr

 

It is essential that you contact the physicist in charge of the apparatus you wish to use before submitting your proposal.

 

(1) For interdisciplinary physics please contact: ciril at ganil.fr

(2) If you are not able to send an electronic version, proposals may be faxed to The GANIL Beam Coordinator, at +33(0)2.31.45.45.86 

 

The GANIL Program Advisory Committee (PAC)

The PAC meets twice a year to consider proposals for nuclear physics experiments to be scheduled during the coming year(s).

 

During this open meeting, the GANIL Committee will hear presentations made by the spokesperson for each proposed experiment. Each spokesperson will have 8 minutes to present his or her proposal to the PAC, plus 7 minutes in order to answer questions from the PAC members. Undefended proposals will not be considered for beam time.

After all the proposals have been heard, the PAC will meet in closed session to rank the experiments and recommend to the Director the experiments selected to receive beam time. Each spokesperson will be advised of the recommendation of the PAC by e-mail within a few days of the meeting.

PAC News

News Item GANIL PAC meeting - 02 December 2010
The next GANIL PAC meeting will be held on December 2nd and 3rd, 2010. The deadline to submit proposals is October 13th, 2010.
News Item Recommendations from the March 2010 GANIL PAC - 12 March 2010
 
News Item Recommendations from the May 2009 GANIL PAC - 04 May 2009
 
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