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French heavy‐ion laboratory under way

MAR 01, 1976
Physics Today

Last fall the French national heavy‐ion laboratory was authorized for construction at Caen in Normandy. The project is known as “GANIL” (Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds), and the accelerator is expected to be capable of producing heavy ions from carbon to uranium.

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