Neutrons Sciences Directorate at ORNL

Specifications of the ARCS Instrument

Moderator decoupled ambient water
Source – Fermi chopper distance 11.6 m
Chopper – sample distance 2.0 m
Sample – detector distance 3.0 m – 3.4 m cylindrical geometry
Incident energy range 10 – 1500 meV
Resolution (elastic) 2 – 5% Ei
Detector coverage horizontal -28° – 135°
Detector coverage vertical -27° – 26°
Minimum detector angle
Beam Size 5 cm x 5 cm, with fully adjustable motorized slits in the horizontal and vertical directions

Commonly used and well–characterized sample environment equipment List