About FRENA

 

The Nuclear Physics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata is setting up a Facility for Research in Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics  (FRENA). The project, funded by the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, involves commissioning of a 3 MV Tandetron  low energy high current accelerator suitable for low energy Nuclear Astrophysics research.

School cum Workshop on Low Energy Nuclear Astrophysics (SLENA)

A series of school cum workshop was arranged in 2006. 2008, 2010 & 2012. Eminent physicists from different laboratories have attended and delivered lecture series in SLENA. 

SLENA LECTURES

LECTURES-2006

LECTURES-2008

LECTURES-2010

LECTURES -2012

LECTURES-2020                  Minutes of National Users Committee Meeting

Recent News

THE FRENA BUILDING WAS INAUGURATED ON 28 JUNE 2018 BY THE HONOURABLE VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA

The FRENA building is ready with the HVAC running and all the accelerator components stationed inside the accelerator hall. The installation by HVEE will start any day.  Some pictures of the FRENA laboratory building, the Beam Hall and Accelerator Hall can be seen from the following:

FRENA Building (FRONT)


ACCELERATOR HALL 


BEAM HALL

Scope of Research

The proposed Facility will provide opportunities of research in the field  of low-energy Nuclear Astrophysics for the first time in India. Centered around high current 3 MV Tandetron and a 500 kV single-ended accelerator that would be installed in the second phase, FRENA will help address important queries related to different Astrophysical scenarios, especially those related to the fusion of heavy-ions like ¹²C, ¹⁶O and ²⁰Ne. With the development of a neutron facility at a later stage, neutron-induced reactions would be studied for investigating the s-process nucleosynthesis. It would also provide scope for studying specific reactions in the H and He-burning phases of stars and the p-process reactions. In addition, the necessary infrastructure will be developed to undertake large-scale simulation work essential for modeling of the relevant nuclear processes.