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The Jülich high-brilliance neutron source project

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Abstract.

With the construction of the European Spallation Source ESS, the European neutron user community is looking forward to the brightest source worldwide. At the same time there is an ongoing concentration of research with neutrons to only a few but very powerful neutron facilities. Responding to this situation the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science has initiated a project for a compact accelerator driven high-brilliance neutron source, optimized for neutron scattering on small samples and to be realized at reasonable costs. The project deals with the optimization of potential projectiles, target and moderator concepts, versatile accelerator systems, cold sources, beam extraction systems and optimized instrumentation. A brief outline of the project, the achievements already reached, will be presented, as well as a vision for the future neutron landscape in Europe.

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  • 31 May 2019

    A missing citation was found in the original article regarding the correct authorship of fig. 11. The two figures used are displayed with permission from K.B. Grammer et al. article Measurement of the scattering cross section of slow neutrons on liquid parahydrogen from neutron transmission [1] (figs. 1 and 6).

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  1. Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany

    U. Rücker, T. Cronert, J. Voigt, T. Gutberlet & T. Brückel

  2. NET, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    J. P. Dabruck, P. -E. Doege, J. Ulrich & R. Nabbi

  3. ZEA-1, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany

    Y. Beßler & M. Butzek

  4. Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany

    M. Büscher

  5. Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Energietechnik, Dresden, Germany

    C. Lange & M. Klaus

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Rücker, U., Cronert, T., Voigt, J. et al. The Jülich high-brilliance neutron source project. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 131, 19 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16019-5

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Keywords

  • Thermal Neutron
  • Neutron Source
  • Neutron Beam
  • Neutron Yield
  • Giant Dipole Resonance