Ion Accelerator FacilityFolded Tandem at BARC

The Foloed Tandem [on Acce/eeator (FOnA) facmty has been commissioned recentlyat BARe. Several beams ('H, 'u, "c, "0, HF) have been accelerated uptoa eeminal vol"'geof 3 MV with N,+CO,as Insulating gas. The terminal vol"'ge is staNU"d within I2 kV. The beamsare used for elemental analysis using the Rutheetord Bock Sc"tering (RBS) technique. Atter makinga few measuremen " around this terminal voltage, SF, will be filled,n the a"eleeator tankin ofdee to",se the teeminal voltage to6 MV. Some of the saUent featur " of the FOTIA facilityare discussed hece. In the last few decades, low energy accelerators, capable of delivering light and heavy ion beams, have played an important role both in basic and applied sciences particularly in the field