Instruments at the Spallation Neutron Source
SNS currently has 13 instruments available for users. Each instrument is designed to complement the other instruments in the suite and to benefit several different areas of science.
If you're unsure which instrument(s) would most benefit your research, or if you would like to request capabilities that you don't see here, please contact our user office.
All SNS Instrument fact sheets are also available in this single PDF document.
Available to Users
In Commissioning or Under Construction
Beam Line | Fact Sheet | Instrument Name | Contact(s) | ||
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1A | USANS | – | Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument | Michael Agamalian | |
9 | CORELLI | – | Elastic Diffuse Scattering Spectrometer | Feng Ye | |
11B | MaNDi | – | Macromolecular Neutron Diffractometer | Leighton Coates | |
12 | TOPAZ | – | Single-Crystal Diffractometer | Christina Hoffmann | |
14B | HYSPEC | – | Hybrid Spectrometer | Barry Winn | |
16B | VISION | – | Vibrational Spectrometer | Christoph Wildgruber |
Proposed
Beam Line | Instrument Name | |
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unassigned | SERGIS | Spin-Echo Resolved Grazing Incidence Scattering |
10 | VENUS | Versatile Neutron Imaging Instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source |
unassigned | ZEEMANS | Neutron Scattering at High Magnetic Fields |
Instrument Support
Support Area | For general SNS instrument support, contact Bobby Cross. |
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Sample Environment | |
Data Acquisition and Controls | |
Detectors | |
Choppers | |
Moderators |