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

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. In addition, 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.

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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1326513
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1324363
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; neutrons; neutron scattering; inelastic neutron scattering; magnets; high pressure

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Ehlers, G., Podlesnyak, A. A., and Kolesnikov, A. I. The cold neutron chopper spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source—A review of the first 8 years of operation. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4962024.
Ehlers, G., Podlesnyak, A. A., & Kolesnikov, A. I. The cold neutron chopper spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source—A review of the first 8 years of operation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962024
Ehlers, G., Podlesnyak, A. A., and Kolesnikov, A. I. Tue . "The cold neutron chopper spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source—A review of the first 8 years of operation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962024. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1326513.
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title = {The cold neutron chopper spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source—A review of the first 8 years of operation},
author = {Ehlers, G. and Podlesnyak, A. A. and Kolesnikov, A. I.},
abstractNote = {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. In addition, 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.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4962024},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 9,
volume = 87,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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