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JCNS Peter Grünberg Institut PGI Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ RWTH Aachen University 1. Introduction: Neutron Scattering in Contemporary Research Thomas Brückel Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS Peter Grünberg Institut PGI Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ RWTH Aachen University JCNS Neutron Lab Course 2015 Where We Are Aachen Dom - residence of Charlemagne - Jülich Zitadelle - renaissance castle duke of Jülich - Dom Köln - Archbishop of Cologne - Burg Nideggen - Eifel National Park - … and what about scattering? … who has already done a scattering experiment? Seeing is Believing computer incident scattered beam beam source of detector radiation sample Scattering → Internal structure? how are the atoms / spins arranged? → Microscopic dynamics? how do the atoms / spins move? ⇒ Macroscopic properties (thermal conductivity, elasticity, viscosity, and functionalities susceptibility, ...) Scattering Scattering: interaction sample ↔ radiation weak ⇒ non-invasive, non destructive probe for structure & dynamics H. Geiger and E. Marsden 1909 E. Rutherford 1911 scattering of α particles from gold foil Ernest Rutherford • * 30. August 1871 in New Zealand; • † 19. Oktober 1937 in Cambridge • 1908 Nobelprize in Chemistry • “Rutherford model of an atom” W. Friedrich, P. Knipping and M. von Laue 1912 W. Friedrich, P. Knipping and M. von Laue 1912 Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 was awarded to Max von Laue "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals". Max von Laue Born: 9 October 1879, Pfaffendorf, Germany Died: 23 April 1960, Berlin, West Germany 1912 and today… High Energy Physics HERA @ DESY Hamburg CERN Genf LHC & ATLAS 27 km ! Wavelength Electromagnetic Waves X-Rays Neutrons Neutrons neutral particle with sin 1/2 Billiard? Dualism Neutrons: A Special Gift for Science „Neutrons tell us where the atoms are and how they move.“ Clifford Shull Nobel Prize Physics Neutrons are rarely the first, but often the last probe for new materials or new phenomena. Unique Properties ☺ highly penetrating commercial Li-ion battery Unique Properties ☺ wavelength ~ interatomic distances Unique Properties ☺ Neutrons see light elements (Hydrogen) synchrotron x-rays neutrons Unique Properties ☺ labeling molecules or functional groups by hydrogen - deuterium (isotope) replacement Unique Properties ☺ sensitivity to magnetism Maxwell forbids it, Dirac predicts it! Unique Properties ☺ sensitivity to magnetism magnetic monopole excitations Unique Properties ☺ energy ~ excitations in solids lattice vibrations spin waves Unique Properties ☺ energy ~ excitations in solids watch proteins at work Length- and Time Scales Covered by Research with Neutrons Jülich Centre for Neutron Science 13 instr. triple axis spectrometer IN12 spin echo & & IN22 / D23 (CEA), IN15, WASP backscattering / powder 1 (+4) 1 (+4) instr. Neutron Sources - Worldwide larger centers for research with neutrons PNPI Dubna Kurchatov Chalk River JRR-3 LANSCE SNS NIST CARR HFIR Hanaro JSNS CSNS Mumbai ANSTO Reactor for neutron research Spallation source JCNS Worldmap Reactor for neutron scattering Spallationsource „Heinz-Maier Leibnitz Zentrum“ experimental hall Guide hall FRM I • main JCNS outstation • reactor operation: TUM, State of Bavaria • joint scientific use and user operation by TUM and HGF, lead by FZJ • joint project (FZJ: ZEA-1 & 2) and service groups; joint user office JCNS @ MLZ neutron guide hall: JCNS- spin echo JCNS Instruments JCNS- spin echo JCNS-NSE @ SNS JCNS-IN12 @ ILL SV-30 & SV-28 @ CARR New Opportunities ESS & PIK: future neutron sources PIK Reaktor Reactor for neutron scattering Spallationsource European Spallation Source ESS JCNS: 5 instrument proposals typically 2 to 5 orders of magnitude more performant instruments What we do at JCNS: We develop and built instruments for large scale facilities TOPAS @ MLZ Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics (ZEA) What we do at JCNS: We operate large scale facilities for external users Central mission of Helmholtz! International Universities JCNS: User Facility University Amherst, USA University Amsterdam, Netherlands University Ancona, Italy International Research Institutes University dell‘Aquila, Italy National Research Institutes University of the Basque Country, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien, San Sebastian, Spanien MPI für chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Austria University Bordeaux, France Dresden Argonne National Laboratory, USA University Bristol, Great Britain Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, University Cincinnaty, USA Iwan-Stranski-Laboratory, Berlin Bombay, India Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain Max-Planck-Institut, Heidelberg National UniversitiesKFKI Atomic Energy Research University Cordoba, Spain MPI für Polymerforschung, Mainz Inst. 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