Neutron spectrometer automation at the Lujan Center

Author

Lewis, Paul ; Barr, Dean ; Cooper, Gary ; Meyer, Elizabeth ; Shapiro, Alan ; Shurter, Robert ; Trouw, Frans

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab.´´s Neutron Sci. Center (LANSCE), Los Alamos

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007

Firstpage

533

Lastpage

535

Abstract

The Lujan Center at the Los Alamos National Laboratory´s Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) is a spallation neutron source where research in materials and biological sciences is conducted on time-of-flight neutron scattering spectrometers on eleven beam lines. Execution of an experiment on a neutron spectrometer involves 1) control of the sample environment equipment, 2) measurement of the scattered neutrons, and 3) operation of the beam line itself. This paper describes the automation and coordination of these functions that is essential to effective conduct of experiments.

Keywords

accelerator control systems; beam handling techniques; control engineering computing; data acquisition; linear accelerators; neutron sources; neutron spectrometers; physics computing; proton accelerators; proton beams; LANSCE; Los Alamos National Laboratory Neutron Science Center; Lujan center; beam lines; biological sciences; linear accelerator; neutron spectrometer automation; protons; sample environment equipment control; scattered neutron measurement; spallation neutron source; time-of-flight neutron scattering spectrometers; Automatic control; Automation; Diffraction; Instruments; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Neutron spin echo; Powders; Scattering; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0922-8

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436386

Filename

4436386