FREIA General

Progress of the European Spallation Source (ESS)

by Roger Ruber (Uppsala University)

Europe/Stockholm
IKP Gebäude 07.1, Seminarraum 312 (FZ Jülich)

IKP Gebäude 07.1, Seminarraum 312

FZ Jülich

Description
The European Spallation Source (ESS) is presently under construction in Lund, Sweden. It is the next step in providing a powerful neutron source for bio/material and fundamental physics research. The facility's capabilities will exceed those of existing neutron sources while the high power capability requires a different design compared to existing sources. A superconducting long pulse proton accelerator and a rotating tungsten target are part of the design challenges. I will present an overview of the accelerator, target, and some of the instruments design and progress with a focus on the international collaboration designing and constructing the accelerator.
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