Small Scale Facilities in EUROPE ( not included in the Large Scale Facilitity Network)

1. Small Scale Facilitiesin EUROPE(not included in the Large Scale Facilitity Network) Belgium: 1 IKS KU Leuven Czech Republic: 2 Nucl. Phys. Inst. Acad. Sci. Rez Greece: 1 Demokritos Athens France: 2 IPN Orsay and CEN Bordeaux Hungary: 2 Inst. Nucl. Research Debrecen Italy: 3 LNS Catania, LNGS Assergi, LABEC Firenze Poland: 2 INP Cracow and HIL Warsaw Univ. Romania: 1 CRAI Bucharest Spain: 2 CNAM Madrid and CNA Seville TOTAL 16

2. Nuclear solid state physics at IKS ( KU Leuven)(Institute fùr Kern and Stralingsfysica) • The nuclear solid state physics group uses the infrastructure of the Ion and Molecular • Beam Laboratory (IMBL) to investigate the fundamental structural, electrical, magnetic • and optical properties of low-dimensional structures • Used nuclear techniques (ion beams and hyperfine interections) for the study of: metallic multilayers • surface and thin films growth mechanisms • (radiation) defects in semiconductors • 1.7 MV Tandem (Pelletron) used for analysis of samples via RBS, channeling spectrometry, PIXE, NRA (Nuclear Reaction Analysis) • 100 kV mass separator for implantation of radioactive probes (hyperfine interaction techniques) • 200 kV high current mass implanter (end 2006) with a multipurpose ion source (for stable isotopes) for studies on ion beam modification of materials

3. Nuclear Physics Institute REZ • U-120M cyclotron designed and manufactured in JINR Dubna • Operation started ~ 1975 (improvements and modernization since then) • K=40 isochronous machine with both positive and negative ions • energy currents • H-, H+ 10-38 MeV 40-5 µA • D-, D+ 10-20 MeV 25-5 µA • 3He+ 17-53 MeV 3 µA • 4He+ 20-40 MeV 5 µA • Fast neutron sources (both monoenergetic 20-37 MeV and white spectrum 1011n/(s.cm2) • up to 32 MeV operated together with neutron scintillator spectrometers and multi foil spectrometry • Applications: - nuclear astrophysics processes • - fast neutrons for future energy production technologies (EURATOM) • - production of radioisotopes employed in the near radiopharmacy department (main portion of the cyclotron operating time)

4. Nuclear Physics Institute REZ • Old Van de Graaff 3.5 MV • protons and 4He+ ions up to 3.5 MeV several µA and energy stability 10-4 • RBS, ERDA (hydrogène), PIXE, PIGE and PESA analyses installed • New Tandetron 4130 MC machine, 3MV (HVEE) • Ions from H to Au with energies up to 20 MeV and currents up to tens of µA • Routine operation in 2006 and beam lines under construction • Microprobe planned in 2007 • Interdisciplinary programmes with national and international groups • Main research topics: • - surface layers in solids for bio medicine and machine industries • - new prospective materials for microelectronics and opto electronics • - environment • - modification of materials by ion beams • - radiation damage • - nuclear astrophysics and fusion processes also planned

5. Institute of Nuclear Physics of the National Center for Scientific Research ‘DEMOKRITOS’ Athens • 5.5 MV Van de Graaff Tandem (first beams 1973) • beams: p, d, 4He, Li, C, O, F, Ti, V,… Os • 30 μA 1 μA 15 μA 1 μA 0.5 μA • Basic research ( ~ 60%) • - Nuclear astrophysics • - Neutron physics • - Nuclear reactions on light systems • Applied research (~ 40%) • - Material science • - Biomedicine • - Archeometry • - Environment • No PAC • 2500 h/year and 65% external users

6. IPN Orsay Tandem 15 MV • Stable beams from protons to gold • Cluster beams • Six beam lines: -3 for conventional nucl. phys. experiments • -ISOL line • -cluster physics • -industrial applications • PAC with external members • Fields: - Nuclear structure of exotic nuclei • - Clusters in nuclei • - Nuclear astrophysics • - Nuclear waste • - Nuclear physics for energy and environment • - Atomic physics • NEW! ALTO (50 MeV electron accelerator 10 μA) • 1011 fissions/sec via photofission inside target and up to 108 132Sn/sec • after separation • Spectroscopy of very neutron rich nuclei • European programs: EFNUDAT, EUROTRANS, EURONS, EURISOL

7. AIFIRA (Applications Interdisciplinaires de Faisceaux d’Ions en Région Aquitaine) CEN Bordeaux • Single stage electrostatic accelerator (HVEE 3.5 MV Singletron) • bright beams of light ions (H+, D+, He+) currents up to 100 μA • Facility commissioned in January 2006 • nanobeams with space resolution <100 nm • PAC (11 members with 4 external experts) • 5 beam lines: - neutrons 0.1-7 MeV and soon 20 MeV • - μprobe • - nano probe • - external beam for characterisation in air • - test for detectors and industrial irradiations • Fields: environment, biomedicine, nuclear waste and new fuel cycles, material science, cultural heritage • Facility opened to external users from academic research and industrial firms via a technological transfer department • European programs EFNUDAT, EUROTRANS, NANODERM, CELLION, COST P9 • Running costs ~70 K€, technical staff ~ 130 K€

8. Institute of Nuclear Research Debrecen • 5 MV Van de Graaff providing H+, D+, 4He+, C+, N+, O+, Ne+ • Max current 1-20 µA (depending on ion species) • Energy stability less 1kV • Main instrumentation: • scanning nuclear microprobe, PIXE chamber, CLOVER type Ge detector with BGO shield • and other Ge counters, target chamber for astrophysics (gamma and particle detectors in • various geometries) , e+-e- pair spectrometer with MWPC tracking and plastic detectors, • e+e- pair spectrometer with SC solenoid and Si micro vertex detectors, high resolution • electrostatic e- spectrometer with angular (0-180°) and energy (5 eV-12 keV) ranges • Main fields of nuclear research: IBA broad beam and microbeam • nuclear astrophysics • fundamental interactions (internal pair creation in nuclear transitions) • Other research: proton beam micromachining • ion induced electron spectroscopy for atomic physics • No PAC

9. Institute of Nuclear Research Debrecen • Isochronous cyclotron (K=20) for light ions p, d, 3He, 4He and max. intensities of 50 µA • energies from 3 MeV (p) to 27 MeV for 3He particles • Main instrumentation: split pole magnetic spectro, CLOVER Ge detector with BGO shield and • other Ge detectors, SC solenoid and mini orange electron spectrometers, ionization • chambers and PPAC fission detectors, scattering chamber with Si telescopes, e+e- pair • spectrometer • Main fields of nuclear research: SD and HD states in actinide region • study of fission barriers • study of alpha optical model potential for nuclear astrophysics • gamma decay of giant resonances • Other research: production of radioisotopes for PET • production of long lived isotopes for RIB used abroad • thin layer activation • nuclear data for neutron and gamma induced transmuation • radiation hardness tests of electronic units • No PAC

10. Laboratory Nazionali del Sud CATANIA • 15 MV Tandem provides up to 200 nA beams with energies up to 10 to 200 MeV • depending on mass • Superconducting cyclotron provides ions in a wide range of masses with max energies from 25 MeV/A for U to 80 MeV/A for fully stripped light ions • ISOL type RIB facility (EXCYT) based on the cyclotron (primary accel.) and the tandem (post accel.), produces 8Li beams • PAC: 1 national and 6 foreign members • Main fields (nuclear research): • - Exotic nuclei • - Reaction mechanisms around the Coulomb barrier • - Particle spectroscopy of high spin state • - Nuclear astrophysic • - Giant resonances • - Phase transitions • - Nuclear equation of state • Other domains: • - Proton therapy • - Solid state physics • - Radiation hardness • - Ion beam dammage on biological samples • - Cultural heritage • - High energy cosmic neutrinos

11. Laboratory Nazionalidel GRAN SASSO Assergi • LUNA: 400 KV accelerator providing intense proton and alpha beams • main characteristics: low ripple, high energy resolution, and operation without operator on site • Main fields (nuclear research): low energy nuclear astrophysics via nuclear reaction cross section measurements at stellar energies • high purity targets and detector systems available • Other domains: particle astrophysics, sypernovae-atmospheric-solar neutrinos, • neutrino beam from CERN • dark matter • rare decays • PAC: 4 Italian and 5 foreign members

12. LABEC Florence(Laboratorio di Techniche Nucleari per i Beni Culturali) • Tandetron 3 MV with three independant ion sources dedicated to applications of nuclear techniques: Ion Beam Analysis IBA and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry AMS • One source dedicated to AMS (14C dating), the other two for IBA • All kinds of beams with intensities typically of tens of µA • 6 beam lines: • - rare isotope line, better 0.5% for the ratio 14C/12C in samples of historical periods • - two collimated external beam lines for IBA cultural heritage and air pollution studies • - line with external microbeam set up with scanning facility for elementary mapping • - line for standard in-vacuum analysis • - line with electrostatic chopper for ultra fast pulsing down to 0.2 ns • Main research topics: Archeometry • Environment • Geology • Calibration for timing response of detectors

13. Heavy Ion Laboratory Warsaw University • K=160 heavy ion cyclotron • which provides beams of gaseous elements and elements available from gaseous compounds • from boron to argon - energies 2 to 10 MeV/A - intensities up to a few hundreds pnA • - Commissioned 1994, beam time available 3000h/year • Accessible apparatus: - large scattering chamber • - IGISOL on-line separator • - pin diode particle array • - large NaI(Tl) crystal segmented in 32 elements • - anti Compton shielded Ge detectors • - 4π Si ball • - 4π BGO gamma multiplicity filter • - Ge compton polarimeter • NEW: ICARE from Strasbourg • National and international collaborations • PAC • Main fields: - nuclear physics • - solid state • - biology • - applications studies

14. Institute of Nuclear Physics Cracow • Van de Graaff (HVEC KN-3000) 2.7 MV • protons and He+ beams energy stabilty 10-3 • 3 beam lines in operation: broad-beam PIXE analysis • RBS/channeling • microprobe (routine operation in 2000) • X-ray and particle detectors PIXE, RBS, STIM • Applications: - geology • - environment • - biomedical • Recently: external focused beam developed with a single ion hit facility for living cells • extraction to air for archeological objects or biological samples • well equipped biological laboratory • Collaborations in FP5 and FP6 with ~ 10 European partners: • NANODERM and CELLION

15. Center of Research with Accelerated Ions Bucharest • FN-type Tandem, upgraded to 9 MV (HVEC USA) commissioned in 1973 • - 28 ion species from protons to gold with intensities up to 1 μA • - 7 beam lines equipped (photons, charged particles and neutrons) • for a wide variety of applications • Research topics: • - basic nuclear and atomic physics • - applied physics using PIXE, RBS, ERDA and AMS • - 24 national research projects • Collaborations in FP6 progammes: • - EURONS (AGATA, EXOSCHAP, ISILHI) • - EURISOL • - EURATOM • Stand alone Electron-Cyclotron Resonance (14GHz, ECR) ion source • large variety of highly ion beams at low energy • Topics: - atomic physics • - condensed matter • - applied research

16. CMAM University Madrid(Centro de Microanalisis de Materials) • High current Tandetron 5 MV (HVEE) commissioned early 2003 • Intense beams with remarkable stability and low terminal voltage ripple • Multidisciplinary facility using IBA for archeometry, • environmental sciences • material sciences • nuclear physics and test of detectors • Nuclear physics beam line operative since end 2004 • full kinematical study of the break up in 3 alpha of excited states of 12C populated the 3He+10B reaction at 3 MeV • testing for signal digitization of charged particle detectors • FP6: EURONS • Technical positions are not yet permanent because facility is new

17. CNA University Seville(National Center of Accelerators) • Development of technological and scientific projects among Andalusian, Spanish and international scientific communities as well as private and public companies • Tandem Van de Graaff 3 MV • 6 beam lines for archeometry, art, biomedicine, environment and material sciences • 1 line for basic nuclear physics • Cyclotron 18 MeV • production of radionuclides for PET • Mass spectrometer with a 1 MV Cockcroft Walton accelerator (AMS) • extremely small quantities of 14C, 10Be, 26Al, 129I and Pu isotopes • archeology, geology, hydrology, material science • Remark: CNA and CMAM installations especially adequate for the training of young scientists and technicians who will be involved in programmes at large scall facilities like FAIR, ISOLDE or GANIL