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Polarisation Development at the European Spallation Source

Lee, Wai Tung ; Hagman, Joel LU ; Martin rodriguez, Damian ; Stellhorn, Annika LU ; Backs, Alex LU orcid ; Arnold, Thomas ; Blackburn, Elizabeth LU ; Deen, Pascale LU ; Durniak, Celine and Feygenson, Mikhail , et al. (2023) In EPJ Web of Conferences 286. p.03004-03004
Abstract
To meet the ever-increasing user demand, eleven of the fifteen European Spallation Source (ESS) instruments under construction aim to offer polarised neutrons for user experiments. They include an imaging instrument, a SANS instruments, two reflectometers, three diffractometers, and four spectrometers. In conjunction with in-kind contributions and instrumentation grants, the ESS Polarisation Project will support the incorporation of polarisation analysis on eight of the eleven instruments. The project aims to deliver polarised neutrons for first-science experiments as instruments enter operation. Different polariser and polarisation analyser techniques will be available to accommodate the specifics of experiments on a given instrument.... (More)
To meet the ever-increasing user demand, eleven of the fifteen European Spallation Source (ESS) instruments under construction aim to offer polarised neutrons for user experiments. They include an imaging instrument, a SANS instruments, two reflectometers, three diffractometers, and four spectrometers. In conjunction with in-kind contributions and instrumentation grants, the ESS Polarisation Project will support the incorporation of polarisation analysis on eight of the eleven instruments. The project aims to deliver polarised neutrons for first-science experiments as instruments enter operation. Different polariser and polarisation analyser techniques will be available to accommodate the specifics of experiments on a given instrument. Polarised 3He neutron spin filter using either Metastable Optical Pumping (MEOP) or Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping (SEOP) techniques will provide shared-use equipment among many instruments, with SEOP’s main application being in situ beam-polarisation. Several instruments will also use polarising-supermirror devices. To provide wide-bandwidth spin-flipping capability to the time-of-flight instruments, Adiabatic Fast Passage (AFP) neutron spin flippers, also known as gradient-field radiofrequency spin flippers will be the main method of choice. Devices based on the same AFP principle will also be used to flip 3He nuclear spins. We are constructing our first 3He polariser setup, including field coils to produce highly uniform magnetic field. Monte Carlo simulations are being done for the supermirror polarisers. To ensure science-focused development, we are working with university partners in doing scientific experiments with polarised neutrons. These are some of the activities developing polarisation analysis for ESS instruments in our project. (Less)
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EPJ Web of Conferences
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286
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9 pages
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EDP Sciences
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2100-014X
DOI
10.1051/epjconf/202328603004
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Neutron Polarisation Capability Development for User Experiment Applications on ESS Instruments
Polarisation for first science and beyond at the ESS
Wide-angle neutron polarisation analysis to study energy and quantum materials
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English
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  author       = {{Lee, Wai Tung and Hagman, Joel and Martin rodriguez, Damian and Stellhorn, Annika and Backs, Alex and Arnold, Thomas and Blackburn, Elizabeth and Deen, Pascale and Durniak, Celine and Feygenson, Mikhail and Holmes, Alexander T. and Houston, Judith and Jaksch, Sebastian and Kirstein, Oliver and Mannix, Dan and Månsson, Martin and Morgano, Manuel and Nilsen, Gøran and Noferini, Daria and Nylander, Tommy and Orlov, Dmytro and Santoro, Valentina and Schmidt, Søren and Schulz, Michael and Schweika, Werner and Tartaglione, Aureliano and Toft-Petersen, Rasmus and Villacorta, Félix J. and Wolff, Maximillian and Woracek, Robin}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{10}},
  pages        = {{03004--03004}},
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  series       = {{EPJ Web of Conferences}},
  title        = {{Polarisation Development at the European Spallation Source}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328603004}},
  doi          = {{10.1051/epjconf/202328603004}},
  volume       = {{286}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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