https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023201001
The Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility: Research Achievements and Aspirations
Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, ACT 2601, Australia
* e-mail: andrew.stuchbery@anu.edu.au
Published online: 6 April 2020
An overview of Australia’s Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) is presented, including a survey of the accelerator infrastructure and its capabilities, as well as the beam-line instrumentation. Some recent research achievements are highlighted. Accelerator upgrades and instrumentation developments in progress are described, along with some aspirations for the longer-term development of the Facility and its associated research programs.
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