Highlights of Accelerator Activities in France on Behalf of the Accelerator Division of the French Physics Society

Jean-Luc Revol (1) , Stéphane Chel (2) , Brigitte Cros (3) , Nicolas Delerue (4) , Eric Giguet , Vincent Le Flanchec (5) , Laurent Nadolski (6) , Luc Perrot (7) , Alain Savalle (8) , Thomas Thuillier (9)

1 ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
2 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
3 LPGP - Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas
4 LAL - Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
5 DAM - Direction des Applications Militaires
6 SSOLEIL - Synchrotron SOLEIL
7 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
8 GANIL - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
9 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie

The French Physical Society is a non-profit organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. Its Accelerators division contributes to the promotion of accelerator activities in France. This paper presents the missions and actions of the division, high-lighting those concerning young scientists. A brief presentation of the laboratories, institutes, and facilities that are the main actors in the field is given. Significant ongoing and planned projects in France are described, including medical applications. Main French contributions in inter-national projects are then listed. Finally, cultural and technical relationships between industry and laboratories are discussed.

Mots clés: linac; laser; proton; operation; electron

Domaines: Physique des accélérateurs [physics.acc-ph]

Jean-Luc Revol, Stéphane Chel, Brigitte Cros, Nicolas Delerue, Eric Giguet, et al.. Highlights of Accelerator Activities in France on Behalf of the Accelerator Division of the French Physics Society. 9th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Apr 2018, Vancouver, Canada. pp.MOPML031, ⟨10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-MOPML031⟩. ⟨hal-01867488⟩