Research facilities across the Globe Series- FRENA, India
1. Name of the facility: Facility for Research in Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (FRENA)
2. Location: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, India
3. Category (Sub category): Accelerator
3 MV low-energy high-current two-stage accelerator (Tandetron (Tandem Accelerator))
4. Installed on: 28 June 2018
5. Manufactured by: High Voltage Engineering, The Netherlands
6. Present status: In operation
The cross-section of charged-particle-induced nuclear reactions exhibits an almost exponential decline with decreasing energy.
Precise determination of the absolute incident beam energy is essential for accurate measurements.
It is a Low-energy, High-current two-stage accelerator
8. Distinctions (What is so special about FRENA):
Low-energy accelerator for Nuclear reactions
Accelerator for Astrophysics experiments
India’s first nuclear astrophysics accelerator center
Terminal voltages range of 0.2-3.0 MV,
Light-ion beams like 1H, 3He and 4He
and heavy-ions beam up to 197Au.
Proton beams of up to 300 μA
Alpha beams of up to 70 μA.
Carbon and silicon upto 20–50 μA.
10. Application of FRENA:
Nuclear Physics,
Nuclear Astrophysics,
Various inter-disciplinary research
Low energy nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest
s-process and p-process reactions
Burning of H2 and He,
Fusion of heavy-ions like 12C, 16O and 20Ne.
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