Abstract
Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) is a ubiquitous technique at neutron scattering facilities throughout the world, and they are particularly attractive instruments to consider for a CANS facility as they are relatively simple in design, do not require high resolution, and can facilitate research across a wide swath of science. On the other hand, CANS facilities employ a fundamentally different primary neutron source than earlier generations of neutron facilities, and such CANS facilities must often be built within a different set of constraints than is typically seen at a major reactor or spallation source. We discuss briefly how these considerations may lead to minor variations in the design optimization for a SANS instrument at a CANS facility from the typical descriptions available from other facilities using the design of the instrument at LENS as an example.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 02001 |
| Journal | EPJ Web of Conferences |
| Volume | 298 |
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| State | Published - Jun 27 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 10th International Meeting of Union for Compact Accelerator-Driven Neutron Sources, UCANS 2024 - Budapest, Hungary Duration: Oct 16 2023 → Oct 19 2023 |
Funding
LENS was constructed with partial support from the NSF under grants DMR-0220560 and DMR-0320627, and much of this work was supported by the Department of Commerce through cooperative agreement number 70NANB15H259.