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ABOUT IN500 |
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IN500Neutron scattering is used by a worldwide community of about 7000 physicists, chemists, engineers, life scientists, and geologists as an important tool in condensed-matter research. Currently, the majority of this work is performed with research reactors as neutron sources. Spallation sources play a complementary role, with reactors offering superior neutron beam performance in 70% of the experiments. Further progress in neutron-scattering research depends on our capabilityof making spallation sources first competitive, and ultimately superior, to reactors in core applications in which reactors provide much superior performance over spallation sources.
This revolution in neutron-scattering science is the challenge of the next decade. LANSCE made the first major step in this revolution by installing the first coupled moderators, which can produce 6 to 8 times more useful neutrons for the same driving proton beam power than those used at other leading spallation sources. This high neutron intensity comes in long pulses with significant intensities up to 3 to 4 ms from the beginning of the pulse.
IN500 provides a crucial research tool for the study of soft and complex matter, including collective phenomena in polymers, biological matter, soft metals such as plutonium, liquids, and nanostructured matter.
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Instrument PDF sheet Margarita Russina, |