Bloomington LENS

Organisation: Indiana University Cyclotron Facility

installation: LENS (Low Energy Neutron Source)

type: accelerator based neutron source, target Be,
H⁺ 50 mA, >11 MeV (upgraded)

address: IUCF, 2401 Milo B. Simpson Ln, Bloomington, In 47408

home page: http://www.iucf.indiana.edu

contact: David V. Baxter

phone / fax: +1-812-855-8337 fax: -5533

e-mail: baxterd@indiana.edu

co-workers: Mike Snow (phone: -7914), Mark Leuschner (phone: 812-856-1721)

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Cold source: Installation on the PL-7 proton beam line (operation 2005)

(variable pulse width up to 1.5 ms) :

Cold moderator solid CH₄ at 22K or less.

UCN: for testing new moderators

recent publ.: Proc._UCN-CNS_4^th_Workshop (PNPI 2003) by M. Leuschner

"LENS: a new pulsed neutron source for research and education" by M. Leuschner et al. in J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 110, 153-155 (2005)]

"LENS produces its first “cold” neutron beam" by Mark Leuschner, April 26, 2005, see www.iucf.indiana.edu/news/news.php?story=24

ICANSXVIII_Id181, 2007 "Slow Neutron Sources: Cold, Very Cold, and Ultracold" by W. M. Snow.