Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
The Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, or Large Heavy Ion National Accelerator, is a French national nuclear physics research center in Caen. The facility has been in operation since 1983 and consists primarily of two serialised synchrocyclotrons. It is a part of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, more specifically the CEA Paris-Saclay center.