Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2010-11-17
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.312:052005,2011
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Proceedings of the International Nuclear Physics Conference - INPC-2010, July 4 - 9, 2010, Vancouver, Canada; 6 pages, 7 figur
Scientific paper
10.1088/1742-6596/312/5/052005
Commissioning of the new high-intensity ultracold neutron (UCN) source at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) has started in 2009. The design goal of this new generation high intensity UCN source is to surpass by a factor of ~100 the current ultracold neutron densities available for fundamental physics research, with the greatest thrust coming from the search for a neutron electric dipole moment. The PSI UCN source is based on neutron production via proton induced lead spallation, followed by neutron thermalization in heavy water and neutron cooling in a solid deuterium crystal to cold and ultracold energies. A successful beam test with up to 2 mA proton beam on the spallation target was conducted recently. Most source components are installed, others being finally mounted. The installation is on the track for the first cool-down and UCN production in 2010.
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