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Research with Spallation Neutrons
It is the mission of the department Research with Spallation Neutrons (G-A1) to develop neutron scattering methods and instrumentation, to form instrumentation-focused collaborations with existing and future spallation sources and to exploit innovative concepts of neutron production for the optimal benefit of an associated suite of instruments. Key areas of hardware development in the department are neutron detectors and neutron optics. The methodological development and instrumentation program, together with Monte Carlo simulation expertise concentrated in the department serve two aims: to improve existing instrumentation at the BER II source and to develop future instrumentation for pulsed neutron sources. The department is involved in the user service, operating the cold triple axis spectrometer FLEXX. We also run the ESS test beamline, which provides essential concept testing opportunities. To guarantee that FLEXX will continue to make essential and competitive contributions in the area of inelastic neutron scattering, the instrument is presently undergoing a comprehensive process of modernisation, development and upgrading. Particularly important activities are Larmor labeling and neutron resonance spin echo spectroscopy.
A major activity of the department is coordinating HZB’s part of the BMBF-funded contribution to the ESS design-update phase, a joint research project of the German Helmholtz centers active in the areas of neutron scattering, accelerator and target physics (FZJ, HZB, HZG, DESY, KIT, HZDR) and the TUM.
