Speaker
Description
Hi-current compact accelerator-based neutron sources (Hi-CANS) offer a promising alternative to small and medium reactor and spallation based neutron research facilities. They do not require research reactors or high-energy spallation sources as they efficiently utilize nuclear processes at low acceleration energies. For the research and development of the various components and areas relevant to establish a high brilliance accelerator based neutron source the Innovation Pool project on “High current accelerator systems for future HBS” has been set up within the Research Field Matter of the Helmholtz Association starting in 2019.
Research and development in this project deal with i) linear pulsed proton accelerator cavities, (GSI HI Mainz), ii) fast proton beam multiplexing and beam dynamics (FZJ), iii) neutron target- and moderator development (FZJ), iv) neutron beam extraction and instrumentation (HZG) and v) neutron imaging and irradiation experiments (HZDR). The current status of the project and recent results of the work done so far will be presented.
