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@INPROCEEDINGS{Schwab:877651,
author = {Schwab, A. and Baggemann, Johannes and Zakalek, P. and
Rücker, U. and Li, Jingjing and Gutberlet, T. and Brückel,
T.},
title = {{A} compact solid methane moderator system for the
{J}ülich {H}igh {B}rilliance {N}eutron {S}ource ({HBS})
prototype},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-02364},
year = {2020},
abstract = {During the last year two cryogenic moderators for the
Jülich High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) project were
tested at the COSY facility at the Jülich Research Centre.
Time-of-flight spectra were measured for solid mesitylene at
different temperatures (24 K to 300 K) and liquid hydrogen
for different ortho-para-ratios $(25\%$ to approx. $100\%$
p-H2). An attempt to increase the cold neutron brilliance
exists in lowering the temperature of the moderating
material even below 20 K, a commonly used minimum
temperature for solid cryogenic moderator materials. At
temperatures below 20 K and corresponding energies, energy
transfer mostly takes place by excitations of vibrational
and rotational movements of the lattice molecules.
Therefore, an effective cryogenic moderator has to allow
sufficient low-energy modes. Solid methane shows a phase
change below approximately 21 K from phase I to phase II,
which leads to a change of free molecular rotations to
three-fourths of hindered rotations. Due to energy transfer
by inducing librational movements of the hindered molecules
even down to low temperatures, methane in phase II is one of
the most effective candidates for increasing the cold
neutron brilliance. Simulations on different methane
thicknesses and geometries were performed to find an
effective way of dimensioning the phase II methane moderator
to maximize cold neutron brightness while keeping the
moderator vessel as compact as possible. Using a reentrant
hole for extracting cold neutrons from the center of the
moderator volume, as suggested in literature, didn’t prove
profitable. A preliminary design for a new cryogenic system
for using solid methane at an HBS prototype is currently
being carried out. Besides different measures to keep the
heat load onto the cold moderator as low as possible, one
also has to examine possible dangers in using solid methane
being irradiated for extended periods of time while at the
same time keeping those periods of time as long as
possible.},
month = {Jun},
date = {2020-06-22},
organization = {The Japanese RIKEN Center for Advanced
Photonics (RAP) and the Jülich Centre
for Neutron Science (JCNS) fourth joint
workshop on compact accelerator-driven
neutron sources (CANS) special webinar,
Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany), 22
Jun 2020 - 24 Jun 2020},
subtyp = {Invited},
cin = {JCNS-2 / PGI-4 / JARA-FIT / JCNS-HBS},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ / I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-HBS-20180709},
pnm = {144 - Controlling Collective States (POF3-144) / 524 -
Controlling Collective States (POF3-524) / 6212 - Quantum
Condensed Matter: Magnetism, Superconductivity (POF3-621) /
6213 - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport
Technologies (POF3-621) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron
Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-144 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-524 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6212 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6213 /
G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/877651},
}