Second Workshop on UCN and VCN Sources at ESS
from
Tuesday, 9 May 2023 (09:00)
to
Wednesday, 10 May 2023 (18:00)
Monday, 8 May 2023
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
09:00
Welcome and ESS General Status
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Helmut Schober
(
European Spallation Source
)
Welcome and ESS General Status
Helmut Schober
(
European Spallation Source
)
09:00 - 09:20
Room: ESS auditorium
09:20
ESS Science Update
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Giovanna Fragneto
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
ESS Science Update
Giovanna Fragneto
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
09:20 - 09:45
Room: ESS auditorium
09:45
HighNESS project status
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Valentina Santoro
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
HighNESS project status
Valentina Santoro
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
09:45 - 10:10
Room: ESS auditorium
10:10
Introduction to the HighNESS UCN/VCN sources designs
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Luca Zanini
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
Introduction to the HighNESS UCN/VCN sources designs
Luca Zanini
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
10:10 - 10:35
Room: ESS auditorium
10:35
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:35 - 11:00
Room: ESS auditorium
11:00
UCN Source Solid Deuterium in the twister
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Nicola Rizzi
(
Denmark Tekinske Universitet
)
UCN Source Solid Deuterium in the twister
Nicola Rizzi
(
Denmark Tekinske Universitet
)
11:00 - 11:25
Room: ESS auditorium
11:25
UCN Source SD2 in moderator cooling block
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Blahoslav Rataj
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
UCN Source SD2 in moderator cooling block
Blahoslav Rataj
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
11:25 - 11:50
Room: ESS auditorium
11:50
Group photo
Group photo
11:50 - 12:00
Room: ESS auditorium
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
Room: ESS auditorium
13:00
UCN Source He-II in the moderator cooling block
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Mathias Strothmann
(
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
)
UCN Source He-II in the moderator cooling block
Mathias Strothmann
(
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
)
13:00 - 13:25
Room: ESS auditorium
13:25
UCN source He-II In Large Beam Port
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Mina Akhyani
(
Lunds University (IBAN)
)
UCN source He-II In Large Beam Port
Mina Akhyani
(
Lunds University (IBAN)
)
13:25 - 13:50
Room: ESS auditorium
13:50
UCN source He-II In beam
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Richard Wagner
(
Institut Laue-Langevin - ILL
)
UCN source He-II In beam
Richard Wagner
(
Institut Laue-Langevin - ILL
)
13:50 - 14:15
Room: ESS auditorium
14:15
VCN source - clathrates
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Shuqi Xu
VCN source - clathrates
Shuqi Xu
14:15 - 14:40
Room: ESS auditorium
14:40
VCN source in Twister-I
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Nicola Rizzi
(
Denmark Tekinske Universitet
)
VCN source in Twister-I
Nicola Rizzi
(
Denmark Tekinske Universitet
)
14:40 - 15:05
Room: ESS auditorium
15:05
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:05 - 15:35
Room: ESS auditorium
15:35
VCN source in Twister -II
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Ben Folsom
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
VCN source in Twister -II
Ben Folsom
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
15:35 - 16:00
Room: ESS auditorium
16:00
Diffraction-grating VCN interferometry and experimental search for neutron electric charge
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Alexander Ioffe
Diffraction-grating VCN interferometry and experimental search for neutron electric charge
Alexander Ioffe
16:00 - 16:30
Room: ESS auditorium
16:30
VCN interferometry: Some history and (near) future perspectives
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Juergen Klepp
VCN interferometry: Some history and (near) future perspectives
Juergen Klepp
16:30 - 17:00
Room: ESS auditorium
17:00
Opportunities with ultracold neutrons at the ESS
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Skyler Degenkolb
Opportunities with ultracold neutrons at the ESS
Skyler Degenkolb
17:00 - 17:30
Room: ESS auditorium
19:00
Working Dinner at Grands Restauranger i Lund
Working Dinner at Grands Restauranger i Lund
19:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
09:00
The TRIUMF Ultra Cold Advanced Neutron source and nEDM experiment
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Alexis Brossard
The TRIUMF Ultra Cold Advanced Neutron source and nEDM experiment
Alexis Brossard
09:00 - 09:30
Room: ESS auditorium
The TRIUMF UltraCold Advanced Neutron (TUCAN) collaboration aims for the measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) with a one order of magnitude improvement of the current best limit. Ultra-cold neutrons (UCNs) suits for such experiment as they can be trapped and stored for several minutes. The collaboration works toward the completion of a new high-intensity UCN source. UCN are produced by a neutron spallation target driven by TRIUMF’s proton cyclotron and a combination of heavy water, liquid deuterium moderator and super-fluid 4He converter. This production scheme has been successfully demonstrated by a prototype UCN source operated from 2017-2019 at TRIUMF. With our newly upgraded source, a statistical nEDM sensitivity of 10−27 e⋅cm would be achieved in 400 days of data taking. The source will also deliver UCNs to a second port that will be open to proposals from users worldwide. This presentation will present an overview of the UCNs source and nEDM experiment installation at TRIUMF.
09:30
New scattering kernels for solid deuterium and superfluid He4
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Rolando Granada
(
Argentine Atomic Energy Commission
)
New scattering kernels for solid deuterium and superfluid He4
Rolando Granada
(
Argentine Atomic Energy Commission
)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: ESS auditorium
10:00
UCN extraction from Solid Deuterium Moderator
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Ingo Rienaecker
UCN extraction from Solid Deuterium Moderator
Ingo Rienaecker
10:00 - 10:30
Room: ESS auditorium
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 10:55
Room: ESS auditorium
10:55
Countering gravity in a VCN SANS instrument
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Mads Bertelsen
(
ESS DMSC
)
Countering gravity in a VCN SANS instrument
Mads Bertelsen
(
ESS DMSC
)
10:55 - 11:10
Room: ESS auditorium
11:10
Feasibility of a strong focusing synchrotron for neutron beams
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Shyh-Yuan Lee
Feasibility of a strong focusing synchrotron for neutron beams
Shyh-Yuan Lee
11:10 - 11:30
Room: ESS auditorium
We study the feasibility of storing cold neutron beams in a strong focusing synchrotron. We also propose an alternating-current (AC) dipole magnet to be used as a neutron acceleration device, and a pulsed quadrupole as a neutron beam kicker for injection and extraction. The AC acceleration device can provide adiabatic capture, acceleration or deceleration of neutron beams. It seems feasible to design a high quality neutron synchrotron for many future neutron beam applications, such as neutron life time measurements, “monoenergetic” neutron scattering experiments, pencil neutron beam applications, etc.
11:30
Discussion on UCN/VCN source
Discussion on UCN/VCN source
11:30 - 12:15
Room: ESS auditorium
12:15
Discussion on a next call and close out
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Valentina Santoro
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
Discussion on a next call and close out
Valentina Santoro
(
European Spallation Source ERIC
)
12:15 - 12:30
Room: ESS auditorium
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: ESS auditorium
13:30
Site Visit
Site Visit
13:30 - 16:00
Room: ESS auditorium