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In-Pile He-4 Source for UCN Production at the ESS

Klinkby, Esben ; Batkov, Konstantin LU ; Mezei, Ferenc LU ; Pitcher, Eric LU ; Schonfeldt, Troels ; Takibayev, Alan LU and Zanini, Luca LU (2014) In Advances in High Energy Physics
Abstract
ESS will be a premier neutron source facility. Unprecedented neutron beam intensities are ensured by spallation reactions of a 5 MW, 2.0 GeV proton beam impinging on a tungsten target equipped with advanced moderators. The work presented here aims at investigating possibilities for installing an ultra cold neutron (UCN) source at the ESS. One consequence of using the recently proposed flat moderators is that they take up less space than the moderators originally foreseen and thus leave more freedom to design a UCN source, close to the spallation hotspot. One of the options studied is to place a large He-4 UCN source in a through-going tube which penetrates the shielding below the target. First calculations of neutron flux available for UCN... (More)
ESS will be a premier neutron source facility. Unprecedented neutron beam intensities are ensured by spallation reactions of a 5 MW, 2.0 GeV proton beam impinging on a tungsten target equipped with advanced moderators. The work presented here aims at investigating possibilities for installing an ultra cold neutron (UCN) source at the ESS. One consequence of using the recently proposed flat moderators is that they take up less space than the moderators originally foreseen and thus leave more freedom to design a UCN source, close to the spallation hotspot. One of the options studied is to place a large He-4 UCN source in a through-going tube which penetrates the shielding below the target. First calculations of neutron flux available for UCN production are given, along with heat-load estimates. It is estimated that the flux can give rise to a UCN production at a rate of up to 1.5 . 10(8) UCN/s. A production in this range potentially allows for a number of UCN experiments to be carried out at unprecedented precision, including, for example, quantum gravitational spectroscopy with UCNs which rely on high phase-space density. (Less)
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  author       = {{Klinkby, Esben and Batkov, Konstantin and Mezei, Ferenc and Pitcher, Eric and Schonfeldt, Troels and Takibayev, Alan and Zanini, Luca}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Hindawi Limited}},
  series       = {{Advances in High Energy Physics}},
  title        = {{In-Pile He-4 Source for UCN Production at the ESS}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/241639}},
  doi          = {{10.1155/2014/241639}},
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