Neutron scattering instrumentation at the Spallation Neutron Source

R. Kent Crawford

doi:10.1117/12.454819

18 November 2002 Neutron scattering instrumentation at the Spallation Neutron Source

R. Kent Crawford

Proceedings Volume 4785, Advances in Neutron Scattering Instrumentation; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454819
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based short-pulse neutron scattering facility designed to provide an order of magnitude more power than the most powerful existing facility of this type. The SNS is being constructed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and is on schedule for completion in 2006. The unprecedented power of this facility brings many new opportunities and challenges for neutron scattering instrumentation. This instrumentation will cover a broad spectrum of science, with every instrument designed to be best-in-class. The SNS has provisions to accommodate up to 24 neutron beam instruments, and design and construction of a number of these instruments are already underway. Some of these instruments are funded within the SNS construction project and some from external sources. This paper will discuss the status of these funded instrumentation activities and of some other instrumentation activities in the planning stage, and will also discuss the process for providing additional instruments. The paper will also indicate the performance expected from many of these instruments and will address some of the challenges and opportunities faced in instrumenting a new spallation source of this unprecedented intensity.

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R. Kent Crawford "Neutron scattering instrumentation at the Spallation Neutron Source", Proc. SPIE 4785, Advances in Neutron Scattering Instrumentation, (18 November 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454819

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