Organisation:
Argonne National Laboratory
Installation:
IPNS (since 1981)
Type:
spallation source, 450 MeV, 30 Hz, beam power 8 kW,
target: depleted uranium
Address:
9700 South Cass Ave
Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Home
page:
http://www.anl.gov
Contact:
John ("Jack") M. Carpenter
Phone
/ fax:
+1 630-252-5519 , fax:
-4163
e-mail:
jmcarpenter@anl.gov
Secretary:
Diane Hoffmann –6485
CNS:
one liquid CH4 ("F"),
two solid CH4 ("C"
and "H")
temperature:
110 K ("F") / 25 K ("C" and "H")
power:
50 W each
total
power available:
300 W
volume:
0.5 L each
heat
removal:
direct He cooling ("C" and "H"), circulating
("F")
remarks:
"C" and "H" contain ~10v% Al foam, are decoupled and
fixed,
"C" is grooved; "H" is poisoned;
"F" is decoupled, and poisoned
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projects:
IPNS studies cold moderators for SNS (see site Oak Ridge SNS in
this document)
recent
publications: ICANS-XVI (Neuss DE 2003): on irradiated H2
(proc. p.707), on liquid and solid CH4 (proc. pp. 719 and 783)
ICANS-XVIII (China 2007): Bradlley
J. Micklich reports about "Metal hydrides as moderators for pulsed
spallation neutron sources", Id18.
Also at ICANSXVIII : "Prospects for a Very Cold Neutron Source (on a
long pulse linear accelerator)"
by Bradley J. Micklich and John M. Carpenter,
Id17
see also: Workshop on "Applications of a Very Cold Neutron
Source" at ANL, Aug.'05
Workshop on "Present Status and Future of Very Cold Neutron
Applications" at PSI Villigen,
Switzerland in Feb. '06
A
nice introduction to neutron moderation by Jack Carpenter: www.neutron.anl.gov/NeutronProduction.pdf