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KVI Activities

KVI
Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut KVI,
Zernikelaan 25 
9747 AA Groningen 
contact: S. Brandenburg 
Tel. +31-50-363-3600 (KVI) 
Fax. +31-50-363-4003,
e-mail: brandenburg@kvi.nl

Who are we?

The Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut (KVI) is a national institute for both fundamental and applied nuclear and atomic research. Since the beginning of 1996 it operates a super- conducting cyclotron AGOR (Accelerator Groningen ORsay), build in collaboration with the lnstitut de Physique Nucleaire at Orsay, France. Agor is a versatile machine which can accelerate light and heavy particles: protons from 120 to 200 MeV and all heavier nuclei, depending on their charge state, from 6 to 100 MeV per nucleon. As a university institute the KVI is supported by the University of Groningen and by the Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM). lt has a staff of scientific. technical and administrative nature amounting to about 110 FTE.

What are we doing regarding the accelerator option?

The KVI has at its disposal a modern superconducting cyclotron capable of producing a variety of nuclear beams including protons with energies up to 200 MeV. In view of studying the 'accelerator option' for energy amplification we mention the KVI technical expertise on cyclotrons (Schreuder, Brandenburg et al.) and the scientific involvement of the lnstitute with investigations of reactions on lead and actinide nuclei (van der Woude, Harakeh et al.) and with spectroscopy of actinide nuclei (van Klinken et al.).

KVI takes part in several EU 5th framework programmes, among which HINDAS (High and Intermediate energy Nuclear Data for Accelerator-driven System). The KVI is in charge of the measurements of the neutron- and light-charged particle multiplicities and participates in the measurements of double-differential cross sections. This work is performed in close collaboration with the nuclear data group of NRG.

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