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Second Target Station (STS) Project: Centaur (Technical Report)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1901639· OSTI ID:1901639
CENTAUR will be the flagship general purpose small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) instrument for the Second Target Station of SNS. Based on an optimized and high-performance SANS instrument, it is capable of SANS/wide-angle neutron scattering and diffraction simultaneously filling the capability gap to cover structure scale from atomic scale to hundreds of nanometers for scientific needs ranging from polymers, biology, materials sciences, and quantum condensed matter. Additionally, with a high-speed chopper, it can be used as a direct geometry spectrometer to probe the dynamics in relatively large length-scale structures as an inelastic SANS spectrometer. The technical details of the CENTAUR instrument are presented in this document. As the project progresses, the initial details are subject to change based on feedback.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1901639
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-2022/2531
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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