Building the ESS Test Beamline
Jun 1, 2020
A Test Beamline will be built at ESS, using funding received via the SREss project.
A decision has been made to build a test beamline at ESS. Initially it is to be used to verify that the project has successfully delivered beam on target, and to characterise the pulsed neutron beam emitted from the upper moderator (time structure, spatial distribution, energy dependence etc.)
It will also be used to characterise the moderator for the purpose of calibration of neutron beam instruments, to provide data to inform the development detectors and data processing systems.
In the longer term, it will serve in development of key neutron technologies (such as optical components, choppers and detector systems) and will provide valuable data for moderator development over the operating life of ESS.
