ESS TDR Internal Review Chapter and 12. October 2012 Oliver Kirstein
Setting the Scene- Why Neutron Science Science Drivers Instrument Suite Science Support Facilities Instrument Support / Technologies Data Management & Software TDR Chapter 2
Science Drivers Which Science topics will be addressed by ESS? Life Science – biological systems, their structure and dynamics SANS, Macromol. Crystallography, Reflectometry, QENS Soft Condensed Matter – polymers, surfactants; commercial relevance and medial applications SANS, GISANS, Reflectometry, QENS Chemistry and functional materials – in situ chemical processing, nanaostructures Diffraction, Imaging, SANS, Inelastic NS Energy Materials – Fuel cell research, storage and battery materials Diffraction, SANS, Tomography, QENS, NSE Quantum Materials – Thin films, Magnetic and Superconducting order Tomography, Polarised Spectroscopy, Extreme Environment Instruments (diffraction & spectroscopy) Engineering Materials & Geo Sciences – Alloy Development, Materials Processing, Hydrogen in Minerals and Rocks Diffraction, Extreme Environment Instruments, Imaging Archeology and Heritage Conservation – Ancient manufacturing methods, paleontological samples Diffraction, SANS, Imaging Fundamental Physics – Neutron Electric Dipole, Neutron Decay Ultra cold neutron beam line TDR Chapter 2.1
Science Drivers Which Science topics will be addressed by ESS? Life Science – biological systems, their structure and dynamics SANS, Macromol. Crystallography, Reflectometry, QENS Soft Condensed Matter – polymers, surfactants; commercial relevance and medial applications SANS, GISANS, Reflectometry, QENS Chemistry and functional materials – in situ chemical processing, nanaostructures Diffraction, Imaging, SANS, Inelastic NS Energy Materials – Fuel cell research, storage and battery materials Diffraction, SANS, Tomography, QENS, NSE Quantum Materials – Thin films, Magnetic and Superconducting order Tomography, Polarised Spectroscopy, Extreme Environment Instruments (diffraction & spectroscopy) Engineering Materials & Geo Sciences – Alloy Development, Materials Processing, Hydrogen in Minerals and Rocks Diffraction, Extreme Environment Instruments, Imaging Archeology and Heritage Conservation – Ancient manufacturing methods, paleontological samples Diffraction, SANS, Imaging Fundamental Physics – Neutron Electric Dipole, Neutron Decay Ultra cold neutron beam line TDR Chapter 2.1 Topic Technique
Instrument Suite TDR Chapter 2.2
Instrument Suite TDR Chapter 2.3 Topic Technique
Science Support Facilities Facilities for User programme and academic activities; offices, network and library access, guesthouse, canteen Sample handling Labs for life science and condensed matter Characterisation labs; dynamic and static light scattering, UV-VIS and IR spectrometers, x-ray equipment Deuteration facilities Labs for chemistry, physics and material science Labs for engineering, geo-science, archaeology, cultural heritage Potential synergies with Max-IV TDR Chapter 2.4
Instrument Support / Technologies Instrument components and development Detector systems – 10 B systems, scintillators, high resolution and micropattern devices Chopper systems – T0, Fermi and disc chopper systems and instrument requirements Neutron Optics – (Focusing) Guides, Adaptive optics, Spin- polarisers and 3 He polarisation options Sample Environment – Low temperature/magnetic fields, high- temperature/pressure, soft condensed matter, material science Electrical Engineering – Motion Control and Safety Interlock / Protection Systems Infrastructure requirements – Labs/workshop space for each group TDR Chapter 2.5
Data Management & Software User office / portal and proposal system Gathering user/sample information Instrument control software GUI to allow easy access to the instrument Data reduction software Transfer data from instrument to physical coordinates Data analysis software Process and analyse data coming off the instrument Data management and computational support Long term storage and access to data Virtual Experiments Training and planning of experiments TDR Chapter 2.6