2024
1.
Baggemann, J.; Gutberlet, T.; Zakalek, P.; Wolters, J.; Rücker, U.; Mauerhofer, E.; Li, J.; Ding, Q.; Loewenhoff, Th.; Dorow-Gerspach, D.; Bessler, Y.; Brückel, Th.
High power target for the High Brilliance Neutron Source Journal Article
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 1069, pp. 169912, 2024, ISSN: 0168-9002.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: HBS, HiCANS, High power, Neutron Target
@article{BAGGEMANN2024169912,
title = {High power target for the High Brilliance Neutron Source},
author = {J. Baggemann and T. Gutberlet and P. Zakalek and J. Wolters and U. Rücker and E. Mauerhofer and J. Li and Q. Ding and Th. Loewenhoff and D. Dorow-Gerspach and Y. Bessler and Th. Brückel},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900224008386},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169912},
issn = {0168-9002},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-01-01},
urldate = {2024-01-01},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
volume = {1069},
pages = {169912},
abstract = {The High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) is a High-Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Source (HiCANS) under development at Jülich Centre for Neutron Science - Forschungszentrum Jülich. The unique specifications of the HBS require a neutron target with a high neutron emission able to operate in vacuum with a 70MeV proton beam with 90mA peak current and 1.6% duty cycle leading to an average thermal load of 100kW. A tantalum target of 100cm2 irradiated area with an internal cooling structure which removes the heat quite homogeneously, provides a good compromise between low pressure and high heat transfer and ensures an homogeneous protons energy loss was designed and optimized by means of MCNP, CFD and FEM simulations. Such a target was successfully manufactured and its operational capability was demonstrated by operating it under a heat load of 1kWcm$^{−2}$ from an electron gun.},
keywords = {HBS, HiCANS, High power, Neutron Target},
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}
The High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) is a High-Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Source (HiCANS) under development at Jülich Centre for Neutron Science - Forschungszentrum Jülich. The unique specifications of the HBS require a neutron target with a high neutron emission able to operate in vacuum with a 70MeV proton beam with 90mA peak current and 1.6% duty cycle leading to an average thermal load of 100kW. A tantalum target of 100cm2 irradiated area with an internal cooling structure which removes the heat quite homogeneously, provides a good compromise between low pressure and high heat transfer and ensures an homogeneous protons energy loss was designed and optimized by means of MCNP, CFD and FEM simulations. Such a target was successfully manufactured and its operational capability was demonstrated by operating it under a heat load of 1kWcm$^{−2}$ from an electron gun.
2019
2.
Gutberlet, T.; Rücker, U.; Zakalek, P.; Cronert, T.; Voigt, J.; Baggemann, J.; Doege, P. -E.; Mauerhofer, E.; Böhm, S.; Dabruck, J. P.; Nabbi, R.; Butzek, M.; Klaus, M.; Lange, C.; Brückel, T.
The Jülich high brilliance neutron source project – Improving access to neutrons Journal Article
In: Physica B: Condensed Matter, vol. 570, pp. 345-348, 2019, ISSN: 0921-4526.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Neutron instruments, Neutron moderation, Neutron optics, Neutron sources, Neutron Target, Nuclear reaction
@article{Gutberlet2019,
title = {The Jülich high brilliance neutron source project – Improving access to neutrons},
author = {T. Gutberlet and U. Rücker and P. Zakalek and T. Cronert and J. Voigt and J. Baggemann and P. -E. Doege and E. Mauerhofer and S. Böhm and J. P. Dabruck and R. Nabbi and M. Butzek and M. Klaus and C. Lange and T. Brückel},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921452618300280},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2018.01.019},
issn = {0921-4526},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Physica B: Condensed Matter},
volume = {570},
pages = {345-348},
abstract = {With the construction of the ESS, the European neutron user community is eagerly awaiting the commissioning of the brightest neutron source worldwide in 2021. Parallel to this, there is however the ongoing development of neutron science being undertaken at a dwindling number of neutron facilities worldwide. The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science has started a project to develop and design compact accelerator-driven high brilliance neutron sources as an efficient and cost effective alternative to the current low- and medium-flux reactor and spallation sources with the potential to offer science and industry access to neutrons. The project aims to deliver a high brilliance neutron source (HBS), consisting of a compact neutron production and moderator system which provides thermal and cold neutrons with high brilliance efficiently extracted in an optimized neutron transport system. By shaping the experiment holistically from the source to the detector, neutron experiments could be set-up for specific scientific requirements in a flexible and efficient way for the neutron user.},
keywords = {Neutron instruments, Neutron moderation, Neutron optics, Neutron sources, Neutron Target, Nuclear reaction},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
With the construction of the ESS, the European neutron user community is eagerly awaiting the commissioning of the brightest neutron source worldwide in 2021. Parallel to this, there is however the ongoing development of neutron science being undertaken at a dwindling number of neutron facilities worldwide. The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science has started a project to develop and design compact accelerator-driven high brilliance neutron sources as an efficient and cost effective alternative to the current low- and medium-flux reactor and spallation sources with the potential to offer science and industry access to neutrons. The project aims to deliver a high brilliance neutron source (HBS), consisting of a compact neutron production and moderator system which provides thermal and cold neutrons with high brilliance efficiently extracted in an optimized neutron transport system. By shaping the experiment holistically from the source to the detector, neutron experiments could be set-up for specific scientific requirements in a flexible and efficient way for the neutron user.