Regular Article

The Jülich high-brilliance neutron source project

¹ Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
² NET, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
³ ZEA-1, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
⁴ Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
⁵ Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Energietechnik, Dresden, Germany

^* e-mail: t.gutberlet@fz-juelich.de

Received: 23 November 2015
Accepted: 3 December 2015
Published online: 29 January 2016

Abstract

With the construction of the European Spallation Source ESS, the European neutron user community is looking forward to the brightest source worldwide. At the same time there is an ongoing concentration of research with neutrons to only a few but very powerful neutron facilities. Responding to this situation the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science has initiated a project for a compact accelerator driven high-brilliance neutron source, optimized for neutron scattering on small samples and to be realized at reasonable costs. The project deals with the optimization of potential projectiles, target and moderator concepts, versatile accelerator systems, cold sources, beam extraction systems and optimized instrumentation. A brief outline of the project, the achievements already reached, will be presented, as well as a vision for the future neutron landscape in Europe.