The cold neutron chopper spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source - A review of the first 8 years of operation

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Abstract

The first eight years of operation of the Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer (CNCS) at the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge is being reviewed. The instrument has been part of the facility user program since 2009, and more than 250 individual user experiments have been performed to date. CNCS is an extremely powerful and versatile instrument and offers leading edge performance in terms of beam intensity, energy resolution, and flexibility to trade one for another. Experiments are being routinely performed with the sample at extreme conditions: T ≤ 0.05 K, p ≥ 2 GPa, and B = 8 T can be achieved individually or in combination. In particular, CNCS is in a position to advance the state of the art with inelastic neutron scattering under pressure, and some of the recent accomplishments in this area will be presented in more detail.

Original languageEnglish
Article number093902
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume87
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2016

Funding

Research at ORNLs Spallation Neutron Source is sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. The authors would like to thank E. Iverson for help with the beam image and the technical staff at SNS, S. Elorfi, C. Fletcher, C. Redmon, for their support with sample environment equipment operation. Special thanks are due to H. Ambaye, E. Brophy, J. Carruth, M. Everett, L. Jones, J. Niedziela, and A. Parizzi for their help with the instrument operation.

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Scientific User Facilities Division
U.S. Department of Energy
Basic Energy Sciences

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