An option of "UCN pump" for ESS
Valery V. Nesvizhevsky

TL;DR
This paper proposes a novel method to generate ultracold neutrons at ESS by using a synchronized, moving membrane to extract UCNs from a solid-deuterium source near the spallation target, aiming for high UCN density and flux.
Contribution
It introduces a new option for UCN production at ESS utilizing pulse timing and a moving membrane to optimize UCN extraction and density.
Findings
UCN density could reach 10^6 UCN/cm^3
The proposed setup fits well with ESS parameters
High UCN flux and density are achievable
Abstract
The aim of this short note is to present an option for a source of ultracold neutrons (UCNs), which could profit from the pulse time-structure of the future ESS spallation neutron source in Lund, and thus which could produce a very high UCN density and a rather high UCN flux simultaneously. In order to realize this idea one has to install a relatively thin solid-deuterium UCN source in a close vicinity to the spallation target and to couple it with an extraction UCN guide with an entrance membrane window, which is moving periodically and synchronously with the operation cycle of the spallation source, as explained in the text below. This proposal profits from the fact that all characteristic parameters of the problem, such as the pulse duration of the ESS spallation source, the typical thickness of solid deuterium source that could be easily realized, the typical time of generation of…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research · Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics · Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
