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The gamma irradiation facility is located in the CERN north area. It combines a 137Cs source with a high-energy particle beam from the SPS H4 beam line [[Category:Abbreviations]]
The '''Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF)''' is located in the CERN north area. It combines a <sup>137</sup>Cesium source with a high-energy particle beam from the SPS H4 beam line.
 
The original facility in building 190 had been intensively used  to simultaneously expose detectors to the photons from a <sup>137</sup>Cesium source and high energy particles from the X5 beam line in SPS West Area. From 2004 onwards, only the <sup>137</sup>Cesium (≈ 0.5 TBq) source was available for irradiation. In September 2014 the decommissioning of the facility started and the old Cs source was removed in early December 2014.
 
The GIF<sup>++</sup> was commissioned in December 2014 and started it's user operation in spring 2015.
 
For more information, see https://ep-dep-dt.web.cern.ch/irradiation-facilities/gif.
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Revision as of 15:36, 29 January 2026

The Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) is located in the CERN north area. It combines a 137Cesium source with a high-energy particle beam from the SPS H4 beam line.

The original facility in building 190 had been intensively used to simultaneously expose detectors to the photons from a 137Cesium source and high energy particles from the X5 beam line in SPS West Area. From 2004 onwards, only the 137Cesium (≈ 0.5 TBq) source was available for irradiation. In September 2014 the decommissioning of the facility started and the old Cs source was removed in early December 2014.

The GIF++ was commissioned in December 2014 and started it's user operation in spring 2015.

For more information, see https://ep-dep-dt.web.cern.ch/irradiation-facilities/gif.