Name: Workshop on Very Cold and Ultra Cold Neutron Sources for ESS
Start: 2022-02-02T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-02-04T17:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

Workshop on Very Cold and Ultra Cold Neutron Sources for ESS

from Wednesday, 2 February 2022 (09:00) to Friday, 4 February 2022 (17:00)

Monday, 31 January 2022
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
09:00 Welcome from LENS - Robert McGreevy (STFC)
Welcome from LENS
- Robert McGreevy (STFC)
09:00 - 09:05
09:05 Welcome and ESS General Status - Helmut Schober (European Spallation Source)
Welcome and ESS General Status
- Helmut Schober (European Spallation Source)
09:05 - 09:25
09:25 Welcome and ESS Science Update - Andreas Schreyer
Welcome and ESS Science Update
- Andreas Schreyer
09:25 - 09:50
09:50 The HighNESS Project - Valentina Santoro (European Spallation Source ERIC)
The HighNESS Project
- Valentina Santoro (European Spallation Source ERIC)
09:50 - 10:15
10:15 Break
Break
10:15 - 10:40
10:40 Very Cold and Ultra Cold sources for ESS - Luca Zanini (European Spallation Source ERIC)
Very Cold and Ultra Cold sources for ESS
- Luca Zanini (European Spallation Source ERIC)
10:40 - 11:10
11:10 Ultra cold neutron sources for fundamental physics experiments - Hartmut Abele (TU Wien)
Ultra cold neutron sources for fundamental physics experiments
- Hartmut Abele (TU Wien)
11:10 - 11:40
11:40 Very Cold Neutron sources for fundamental physics experiments - Hirohiko Shimizu
Very Cold Neutron sources for fundamental physics experiments
- Hirohiko Shimizu
11:40 - 12:10
12:10 Some considerations for condensed matter instrumentation with Very Cold Neutron - Markus Strobl
Some considerations for condensed matter instrumentation with Very Cold Neutron
- Markus Strobl
12:10 - 12:40
12:40 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 - 13:40
13:40 Ultra Cold Neutron sources development at PNPI - Anatolii Serebrov
Ultra Cold Neutron sources development at PNPI
- Anatolii Serebrov
13:40 - 14:10
14:10 Superfluid-helium UCN sources -"in-beam" versus "in-pile" - Oliver Zimmer (ILL)
Superfluid-helium UCN sources -"in-beam" versus "in-pile"
- Oliver Zimmer (ILL)
14:10 - 14:40
14:40 Ultra cold neutron sources based on solid deuterium - Bernhard Lauss
Ultra cold neutron sources based on solid deuterium
- Bernhard Lauss
14:40 - 15:10
15:10 Experience with the very cold neutron source PF2/VCN at the Institut Laue-Langevin - Tobias Jenke
Experience with the very cold neutron source PF2/VCN at the Institut Laue-Langevin
- Tobias Jenke
15:10 - 15:35
15:35 Break
Break
15:35 - 15:55
15:55 On the inquiry into the scientific case for and technical feasibility of intense very cold neutron beams - Michael Fitzsimmons (ORNL/UTK)
On the inquiry into the scientific case for and technical feasibility of intense very cold neutron beams
- Michael Fitzsimmons (ORNL/UTK)
15:55 - 16:25
I will provide some historical and scientific context for consideration of a very cold neutron source at the Second Target Station, ORNL. I focus on opportunities of VCN beams for materials science. The talk draws upon the 2016 ORNL workshop report: https://conference.sns.gov/event/18/.
16:25 Oppurtunities in the use of Very Cold Neutrons for reflectometry tecniques - Frederic Ott
Oppurtunities in the use of Very Cold Neutrons for reflectometry tecniques
- Frederic Ott
16:25 - 16:40
16:40 Opportunities in the use of Very Cold Neutron for imaging techniques - Frederic Ott
Opportunities in the use of Very Cold Neutron for imaging techniques
- Frederic Ott
16:40 - 16:55
16:55 Colder neutrons for Neutron Spin Echo instruments - Peter Falus
Colder neutrons for Neutron Spin Echo instruments
- Peter Falus
16:55 - 17:15
17:15 Very Cold Neutrons in condensed matter research - Ferenc Mezei
Very Cold Neutrons in condensed matter research
- Ferenc Mezei
17:15 - 17:35
17:35 Why very cold neutrons could be useful for neutron antineutron searches - Valery Nesvizhevsky (Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin)
Why very cold neutrons could be useful for neutron antineutron searches
- Valery Nesvizhevsky (Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin)
17:35 - 17:50
17:50 Upgrades of Neutron Decay Angular Correlation and Lifetime Measurements at LANL: UCNA+ and UCNtau+ - Albert Young (NC State University)
Upgrades of Neutron Decay Angular Correlation and Lifetime Measurements at LANL: UCNA+ and UCNtau+
- Albert Young (NC State University)
17:50 - 18:10
Thursday, 3 February 2022
09:00 Virtual tour of the ESS monolith - Ulf Odén (European Spallation Source ERIC)
Virtual tour of the ESS monolith
- Ulf Odén (European Spallation Source ERIC)
09:00 - 09:20
09:20 Moderators cooling at ESS - Yannick Beßler (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Moderators cooling at ESS
- Yannick Beßler (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
09:20 - 09:40
09:40 The source for Ultra Cold Neutrons at the FMR II - Andreas Frei
The source for Ultra Cold Neutrons at the FMR II
- Andreas Frei
09:40 - 10:00
10:00 The Moderator Test Facility at Budapest Research Reactor - Alex Szakál (Centre for Energy Research)
The Moderator Test Facility at Budapest Research Reactor
- Alex Szakál (Centre for Energy Research)
10:00 - 10:15
10:15 Break
Break
10:15 - 10:35
10:35 Materials and libraries for Ultra Cold and Very Cold Neutron moderators - Rolando Granada (Argentine Atomic Energy Commission)
Materials and libraries for Ultra Cold and Very Cold Neutron moderators
- Rolando Granada (Argentine Atomic Energy Commission)
10:35 - 11:05
11:05 Experience with the Solid D2 Moderator of the UCN Source at PSI and its Design - Bertrand Blau (PSI)
Experience with the Solid D2 Moderator of the UCN Source at PSI and its Design
- Bertrand Blau (PSI)
11:05 - 11:25
11:25 Growing solid deuterium crystal for Ultra Cold Neutron production - Ekaterina Korobkina
Growing solid deuterium crystal for Ultra Cold Neutron production
- Ekaterina Korobkina
11:25 - 11:45
11:45 SuperSUN, a new UCN converter: concept and strategy - Estelle Chanel (Institut Laue Langevin)
SuperSUN, a new UCN converter: concept and strategy
- Estelle Chanel (Institut Laue Langevin)
11:45 - 12:05
12:05 Solid cold moderator developments at the high Brilliance Source - Alexander Schwab (JCNS-2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
Solid cold moderator developments at the high Brilliance Source
- Alexander Schwab (JCNS-2, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
12:05 - 12:25
12:25 Information about discussion sessions - Valentina Santoro (European Spallation Source ERIC)
Information about discussion sessions
- Valentina Santoro (European Spallation Source ERIC)
12:25 - 12:30
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:25
13:25 A Superfluid He Superthermal Ultracold Neutron Source Embedded in a Cylindrical, High Power Spallation Target - Kent Leoung
A Superfluid He Superthermal Ultracold Neutron Source Embedded in a Cylindrical, High Power Spallation Target
- Kent Leoung
13:25 - 13:45
13:45 Production of ultracold neutrons in a decelerating runaway trap - Valery Nesvizhevsky (Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin)
Production of ultracold neutrons in a decelerating runaway trap
- Valery Nesvizhevsky (Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin)
13:45 - 14:05
14:05 Approaches to in situ UCN production and detection for high-density storage experiments - Skyler Degenkolb
Approaches to in situ UCN production and detection for high-density storage experiments
- Skyler Degenkolb
14:05 - 14:25
14:25 On trapping cold neutrons in Fabry-Perot nanostructures and neutron life time - Maaza
On trapping cold neutrons in Fabry-Perot nanostructures and neutron life time
- Maaza
14:25 - 14:45
14:45 Break
Break
14:45 - 15:00

15:00

15:00 - 16:15

15:00 - 16:15

15:00 - 16:15

15:00 - 16:15

16:15

16:15 - 17:30
WG6 Condensed Matter - Markus Strobl Roger Pynn Peter Falus
WG6 Condensed Matter
- Markus Strobl
- Roger Pynn
- Peter Falus
16:15 - 17:30
Friday, 4 February 2022
08:30
08:30 - 10:30
Contributions

08:30 WG5 Fundamental Physics - Skyler Degenkolb

08:50 WG1 Liquid Helium Based - Estelle Chanel (Institut Laue Langevin)

09:10 WG2 UCN Solid deuterium based - Dieter Ries (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

09:30 WG3 VCN Source - Tobias Jenke

09:50 WG4 Alternative concepts - Douglas Di Julio (European Spallation Source ERIC)

10:10 WG6 Condensed matter
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 Outlook - final words - Valentina Santoro (European Spallation Source ERIC)
Outlook - final words
- Valentina Santoro (European Spallation Source ERIC)
10:50 - 11:10