THEME04-4-1075-2009/2014

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04-4-1075-2009/2014

Priority:

Status:

Approved for completion
in 2014

Novel Development and Creation of Equipment
for the Spectrometer Complex of the IBR-2 Facility

Leaders:

S.A. Kulikov
V.I. Prikhodko

Participating Countries, Institutes and International Organizations:
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic.

Scientific Programme:
Calculation, research and development of the moderator complex and elements of spectrometers of the IBR-2 facility; development of advanced neutron detectors, a new generation of data acquisition systems, computing infrastructure, cryostats and cryomagnetic systems, beam-forming and sample environment systems for condensed matter investigations in accordance with the plan for strategic development of JINR and the development programme for spectrometers of the IBR-2 spectrometer complex.

Expected main results in 2014:

Continuation of research of a new complex of moderators for IBR-2 and adaptation of technological systems of the cryogenic moderator for a complex of moderators in the direction of beams 4, 5, 6.
Creation of infrastructure on beams 13-14 for testing spectrometer equipment (installation and testing of neutron guide vacuum systems, installation and adjustment of Fourier choppers).
Development of the software package VITESS and its application for simulation of spectrometers. Application of the Reverse Monte Carlo method (RMC_POT program) for processing data from neutron diffraction experiments on amorphous structures.
Completion of the development, manufacturing and commissioning of three He3-counter-based detector systems for a new real-time diffractometer (RTD).
Modernization and equipping of some actuating mechanisms of the YuMO and REMUR spectrometers with sensors. Putting into operation of control systems for the spectrometers on IBR-2 beams 6b and 12.
Commissioning of a horizontal cryostat on the DN-6 spectrometer. Development of a shaft cryostat (gifleq 30mm, temperature range of 6-290K) with a GM cold head SRP-101D for the RTD diffractometer.
Manufacturing and testing of a monitor 2D PSD for obtaining thermal neutron beam profiles on the FLNP facilities; carrying out of measurements. Manufacturing of 3d section of the detector system ASTRA (FSD). Modernization of a 2D detector of the REMUR spectrometer.
Completion of modernization of data acquisition and accumulation systems on the operating IBR-2 spectrometers (new generation of electronics and software).
Development and extension of the software package Sonix+ in accordance with the changes in the structure of equipment of the operating IBR-2 spectrometers, as well as maintenance of the software package and its implementation on new spectrometers.
Development of the FLNP information infrastructure in accordance with the strategy of development of the JINR computer network. Purchase, installation and putting into service of a second file-server for FLNP LAN.

List of Activities

Activity or Experiment

Leaders

Status

Laboratory or other
Division of JINR

Main researchers

Development and research of a new complex of moderators at the IBR-2 facility. Commissioning of the complex of moderators at the IBR-2 facility on channels 7, 8, 10, 11 and adjustment of all operating systems of the cryogenic moderator complex

S.A. Kulikov
E.P. Shabalin

Realization

FLNP

M.V. Bulavin + 5 engineers, + 7 workers

Complex calculations of neutron spectrometers (from the moderators to the sample position)

S.A. Kulikov

Realization

FLNP

E.P. Shabalin, S.A. Manoshin + 2 engineers

Completion of reconstruction of neutron guides on channel 7 at the IBR-2 facility . Modernization, adjustment and testing of equipment for the EPSILON, SKAT and NERA-PR spectrometers; putting into operation, start of experiments. Joint JINR-BMBF project

A.V. Belushkin
A. Schilling

Realization

FLNP

V.V. Zhuravlev, V.I. Prikhodko, A.P. Sirotin, A.N. Chernikov + 4 engineers, K. Scheffzuek + 2 engineers, A.A. Bogdzel + 3 engineers

Creation of infrastructure for testing spectrometer equipment (scintillation and gas-filled neutron detectors, cryostats, etc.) on beams 13-14 at IBR-2 facility and carrying out the instrument development work, in particular, on high-resolution Fourier diffractometry

V.N. Shvetsov
S.A. Kulikov
A.M Balagurov

Realization

FLNP

G.D. Bokuchava, A.N. Chernikov, V.V. Zhuravlev + 5 engineers, A.V. Churakov + 3 engineers

Commissioning of gas-filled position-sensitive detector systems at the IBR-2 spectrometers (REFLEX, HRFD, YuMO, GRAINS, DN-2, etc.) and at the cold moderator. Completion of development and commissioning of the ring-shaped multi-section detector at the DN-6 spectrometer. Completing the ASTRA scintillation detector with modules for the FSD diffractometer

A.V. Belushkin
S.A. Kulikov

Realization

FLNP

V.N. Shvetsov, D.P. Kozlenko + 5 engineers, G.D. Bokuchava + 2 engineers, A.V. Churakov + 3 engineers, A.A. Bogdzel + 4 engineers, V.V. Zhuravlev, V.V. Kruglov, A.S. Kirilov + 1 engineer

Development of control systems of spectrometer equipment and sample environment systems at IBR-2facility, creation of cryostats

A.P. Sirotin

Realization

FLNP

V.V. Zhuravlev, A.N. Chernikov + 5 engineers

Modernization of data acquisition systems of the IBR-2 spectrometer complex. Development, enhancement and support of the Sonix+ software package and its introduction at the IBR-2 spectrometers. Development of the FLNP information-computing infrastructure in accordance with the strategy of development of the JINR computer network

V.I. Prikhodko

Realization

FLNP

A.A. Bogdzel + 2 engineers, F.V. Levtchanovski + 2 engineers, A.S. Kirilov + 3 engineers, G.A. Sukhomlinov + 2 engineers

LIT

V.V. Korenkov + 2 engineers.

Collaboration
Country or International Organization	City	Institute or Laboratory
Bulgaria	Sofia	INRNE BAS
Czech Republic	Rez	NPI ASCR
France	Grenoble	ILL
	Saclay	LLB
Germany	Berlin	HZB
	Heidelberg	Univ.
	Magdeburg	OVGU
	Munich	TUM
	Karlsruhe	KIT
	Zeuthen	DESY
	Julich	FZJ
Hungary	Budapest	Wigner RCP
Romania	Bucharest	INCDIE ICPE-CA
		IFIN-HH
	Targoviste	UVT
Russia	Moscow	NNRU "MEPhI"
		NRC KI
	Moscow, Troitsk	INR RAS
	Gatchina	PNPI
	Yekaterinburg	IMP UB RAS
	Nizhny Novgorod	IPM RAS
	Obninsk	Branch KIPC
Slovak Republic	Bratislava	IMS SAS
Ukraine	L'viv	LPNU

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