First neutron data recorded at the V20 Test Instrument utilizing prototype chopper systems and beam monitors planned for ESS

Maulerova, V.; Nilsson, J.; Broderick, D.; Löki, K.; Sparger, J.; Woracek, R.; Taylor, J.; Richter, T.; Hall-Wilton, R.; Kirstein, O.; Tsapatsaris, N.; Olsson, M.; Alcock, S.; Quintanilla, A.; Zielinski, D.; Mukai, A.; Issa, F.; Kolya, S.; Smith, W.

Title: First neutron data recorded at the V20 Test Instrument utilizing prototype chopper systems and beam monitors planned for ESS
Creator: Maulerova, V.; Nilsson, J.; Broderick, D.; Löki, K.; Sparger, J.; Woracek, R.; Taylor, J.; Richter, T.; Hall-Wilton, R.; Kirstein, O.; Tsapatsaris, N.; Olsson, M.; Alcock, S.; Quintanilla, A.; Zielinski, D.; Mukai, A.; Issa, F.; Kolya, S.; Smith, W.
Relation: Europhysics Letters Vol. 128, Issue 5, no. 52001
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/128/52001
Publisher: Institute of Physics
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2019
Description: The main objective of the European Spallation Source (ESS) is to perform consistently high impact neutron scattering science using the highest neutron flux of any facility in its class. This ambition is naturally accompanied by operational challenges related to the vertical integration of the instruments' hardware and software shared between collaborators from 13 European countries. The present work will detail integration tests performed at the V20 Test Instrument at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in Germany. An ESS chopper prototype was successfully controlled through the ESS Chopper Integration Controller (CHIC) and Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). Neutron data were successfully collected and timestamped using neutron beam monitors, the ESS prototype detector readout electronics and the Data Management Software Center (DMSC) data acquisition (DAQ) software. Chopper rotation events were timestamped and the chopper disk showed excellent stability and neutron absorption characteristics. The test resulted in i) the expected time-of-flight (TOF) response, ii) collected data that compared well with instrument reference data and iii) revealing the diagnostic power of the performed integration tests. The results of this integration test validate the ESS chopper and detector DAQ architecture choices.
Subject: neutron; V20 Test Instrument; ESS chopper; flight
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1418705
Identifier: uon:37383
Identifier: ISSN:0295-5075
Language: eng
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