Letter of collaboration between GANIL and CERN-ISOLDE
Scientific collaboration It is recognized that REX-ISOLDE and SPIRAL are complementary facilities and the principle of subsidiarity exists governing how CERN interacts with its member states. Programmes of research are encouraged that make full use of both facilities, so that experimental groups working at either facility do not compete with each other, but instead join in common collaborations. To this end both the practice of reciprocal membership of the respective scientific committees (INTC and GANIL PAC) and close cooperation on the organization of scientific workshops and conferences is encouraged. Technical collaboration The laboratories agree to collaborate, through meetings of personnel, workshops and other exchanges of information, in the development of technology that enhances the capabilities of the existing radioactive facilities and associated instrumentation in both laboratories. Particular examples are uranium carbide targets, pre-mass filter, highresolution separator, the RFQ cooler, and the mono-charge ECR and the RILIS laser ion sources. Some exchange of information in this respect will also occur via the various EU funded Networks and Joint Research Activities. For visits of research staff to a laboratory, it is expected that the host laboratory should cover the costs of local accommodation and subsistence, while the visitors pay their own travel. Future developments While GANIL and CERN-ISOLDE are pursuing their development plans for the next phase of radioactive ion beam facility (SPIRAL II and HIE-ISOLDE respectively) the laboratories will keep each other fully informed as to progress in these projects, so that new areas of mutual cooperation and collaboration can be identified. The exchange of information can be achieved through cross-membership of the appropriate committees, e.g. the ISOLDE Upgrade Group or the GANIL Avant Projet Détaillé Groupe for SPIRAL II. In the long term, both laboratories should closely cooperate to assure the realization of the EURISOL concept. This can be done either through bilateral collaboration or through a EU funded Design Study.
Directors, GANIL
Department Heads, CERN
D. Goutte
S. Myers
M. Lewitowicz
D. Schlatter