Status of the SPIRAL2 injector commissioning
Résumé
The SPIRAL2 injector, installed in its tunnel, is currently under commissioning at GANIL, Caen,
France. The injector is composed of two low energy beam transport lines: one is dedicated to
the light ion beam production, the other to the heavy ions. The first light ion beam, created by a
2.45 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion source, has been successfully produced in December
2014. The first beam of the PHOENIX V2 18 GHz heavy ion source was analyzed on 10 July
2015. A status of the SPIRAL2 injector commissioning is given. An upgrade of the heavy ion
source, named PHOENIX V3 aimed to replace the V2, is presented. The new version features a
doubled plasma chamber volume and the high charge state beam intensity is expected to increase by
a factor of 1.5 to 2 up to the mass ∼50. A status of its assembly is proposed.