The central facility of KVI is AGOR, a superconducting K=600 MeV cyclotron for the acceleration of light and heavy ions. The cyclotron is equipped with external ion sources. There are several major experimental experimental facilities for nuclear research at KVI, which can be used in conjunction with ancillary equipment. The biggest facility is TRIµP, meant for trapping radioactive ions produced with AGOR.

KVI is a user facility for the international scientific community. In the 6th Framework Programme (FP6) of the EU, KVI has offered support for TransNational Access (TNA) of outside users to the AGOR facility. In FP7, within I3 ENSAR (i.e. Integrated Infrastructure Initiative for European Nuclear Science and Application Research), KVI is again applying for TransNational Access to its facilities. If this application is successful it will be again possible to support research groups from EU and associated countries to perform experiments at KVI.

Proposals from outside users will be evaluated on basis of their scientific merit, by the AGOR Programme Advisory Committee (PAC). The AGOR facility is also available for commercial use by industries, businesses and the public sector.

The AGOR Cyclotron

AGOR (Accélérateur Groningen-ORsay) is the result of the cooperation between the KVI, Groningen, and the IPN, Orsay. Its design was a joint effort of both the institues; building took place in France. After testing it was disassembled and moved to the Netherlands.

Since the beginning of 1996, AGOR has produced beams for experimental use. These pages aim to inform you about the cyclotron possible beams (operating diagramme), and the various beams produced up until now.

Research experiments at the AGOR facility generally need to be approved by the AGOR programme advisory committee.

In addition to the PAC approved experiments the AGOR group has activities in the area of irradiations with the AGORFIRM-facility [PDF], an in-air beamline dedicated to irradiation of samples with high energy beams up to 190 MeV protons (solar spectrum) and up to 90 MeV/u Carbon.