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The Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source - A Review of the first 8 Years of Operation

The first eight years of operation of the Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer (CNCS) at the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge is being reviewed. The instrument has been part of the facility user program since 2009, and more than 250…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-12 Georg Ehlers , Andrey A. Podlesnyak , Alexander I. Kolesnikov

Physical design of cold neutron direct geometry inelastic spectrometer at China Spallation Neutron Source

The Cold-Neutron Inelastic Spectrometer (CNIS) is a direct-geometry, time-of-flight instrument designed for China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) and optimized to probe low-energy lattice and magnetic excitations. The instrument integrates…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Qian Zhao , Xiaowen Zhang , Songwen Xiao , Wei Luo , Zecong Qin , Zhuang Xu , Yu Feng , Xin Tong

Coherent Scattering Investigations at the Spallation Neutron Source: a Snowmass White Paper

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, provides an intense flux of neutrinos in the few tens-of-MeV range, with a sharply-pulsed timing structure that is beneficial for background rejection. In this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-02 D. Akimov , A. Bernstein , P. Barbeau , P. Barton , A. Bolozdynya , B. Cabrera-Palmer , F. Cavanna , V. Cianciolo , J. Collar , R. J. Cooper , D. Dean , Y. Efremenko , A. Etenko , N. Fields , M. Foxe , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , N. Fomin , F. Gallmeier , I. Garishvili , M. Gerling , M. Green , G. Greene , A. Hatzikoutelis , R. Henning , R. Hix , D. Hogan , D. Hornback , I. Jovanovic , T. Hossbach , E. Iverson , S. R. Klein , A. Khromov , J. Link , W. Louis , W. Lu , C. Mauger , P. Marleau , D. Markoff , R. D. Martin , P. Mueller , J. Newby , J. Orrell , C. O'Shaughnessy , S. Pentilla , K. Patton , A. W. Poon , D. Radford , D. Reyna , H. Ray , K. Scholberg , V. Sosnovtsev , R. Tayloe , K. Vetter , C. Virtue , J. Wilkerson , J. Yoo , C. H. Yu

COHERENT at the Spallation Neutron Source

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides an intense, high-quality source of neutrinos from pion decay at rest. This source was recently used for the first measurements of coherent elastic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-11-16 P. S. Barbeau , Yu. Efremenko , K. Scholberg

The COHERENT Experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

The COHERENT collaboration's primary objective is to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) using the unique, high-quality source of tens-of-MeV neutrinos provided by the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-05 COHERENT Collaboration , D. Akimov , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , P. Barton , B. Becker , V. Belov , A. Bolozdynya , A. Burenkov , B. Cabrera-Palmer , J. I. Collar , R. J. Cooper , R. L. Cooper , C. Cuesta , D. Dean , J. Detwiler , A. G. Dolgolenko , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , A. Etenko , N. Fields , W. Fox , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. Green , M. Heath , S. Hedges , D. Hornback , E. B. Iverson , L. Kaufman , S. R. Klein , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , A. Kovalenko , A. Kumpan , C. Leadbetter , L. Li , W. Lu , Y. Melikyan , D. Markoff , K. Miller , M. Middlebrook , P. Mueller , P. Naumov , J. Newby , D. Parno , S. Penttila , G. Perumpilly , D. Radford , H. Ray , J. Raybern , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rimal , D. Rudik , K. Scholberg , B. Scholz , W. M. Snow , A. Sosnovtsev , A. Shakirov , S. Suchyta , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , R. T. Thornton , A. Tolstukhin , K. Vetter , C. H. Yu

COHERENT 2018 at the Spallation Neutron Source

The primary goal of the COHERENT collaboration is to measure and study coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) using the high-power, few-tens-of-MeV, pulsed source of neutrinos provided by the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-04 D. Akimov , J. B. Albert , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , B. Becker , V. Belov , M. A. Blackston , A. Bolozdynya , A. Brown , A. Burenkov , B. Cabrera-Palmer , M. Cervantes , J. I. Collar , R. J. Cooper , R. L. Cooper , J. Daughhetee , D. J. Dean , M. del Valle Coello , J. A. Detwiler , M. D'Onofrio , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , E. Erkela , A. Etenko , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , N. Fields , W. Fox , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , E. B. Iverson , M. Kaemingk , L. J. Kaufman , S. R. Klein , A. Khromov , S. Ki , A. Konovalov , A. Kovalenko , A. Kumpan , L. Li , W. Lu , K. Mann , Y. Melikyan , D. M. Markoff , H. Moreno , P. E. Mueller , P. Naumov , J. Newby , D. S. Parno , S. Penttila , G. Perumpilly , D. Radford , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. Raybern , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rimal , D. Rudik , D. J. Salvat , K. Scholberg , B. Scholz , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , A. Shakirov , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , R. T. Thornton , I. Tolstukhin , J. Vanderwerp , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , J. Zettlemoyer

Multi-Grid Detector for Neutron Spectroscopy: Results Obtained on Time-of-Flight Spectrometer CNCS

The Multi-Grid detector technology has evolved from the proof-of-principle and characterisation stages. Here we report on the performance of the Multi-Grid detector, the MG.CNCS prototype, which has been installed and tested at the Cold…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-24 M. Anastasopoulos , R. Bebb , K. Berry , J. Birch , T. Bryś , J. -C. Buffet , J. -F. Clergeau , P. P. Deen , G. Ehlers , P. van Esch , S. M. Everett , B. Guerard , R. Hall-Wilton , K. Herwig , L. Hultman , C. Höglund , I. Iruretagoiena , F. Issa , J. Jensen , A. Khaplanov , O. Kirstein , I. Lopez-Higuera , F. Piscitelli , L. Robinson , S. Schmidt , I. Stefanescu

OscSNS: Precision Neutrino Measurements at the Spallation Neutron Source

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), located at Oak Ridge Laboratory in the United States, will be coming online over the next few years. In addition to producing fluxes of high-intensity neutrons, the interaction of the proton beam with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Heather Ray

Measurement of the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Cross Section on CsI by COHERENT

We measured the cross section of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (\cevns{}) using a CsI[Na] scintillating crystal in a high flux of neutrinos produced at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. New…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-08-31 D. Akimov , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , B. Becker , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , M. A. Blackston , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , D. Chernyak , E. Conley , J. Daughhetee , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , A. Gallo Rosso , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , D. Hoang , M. Hughes , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , L. Li , J. M. Link , J. Liu , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mastroberti , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , D. S. Parno , S. I. Penttila , D. Pershey , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. Raybern , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , J. Ross , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , A. M. Salyapongse , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovstsev , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , I. Tolstukhin , E. Ujah , J. Vanderwerp , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , T. Wongjirad , Y. -R. Yen , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , J. Zettlemoyer

The COHERENT Experimental Program

The COHERENT experiment located in Neutrino Alley at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has made the world's first two measurements of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS), on CsI and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-04-12 D. Akimov , S. Alawabdeh , P. An , A. Arteaga , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , C. Barry , B. Becker , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , M. A. Blackston , L. Blokland , C. Bock , B. Bodur , A. Bolozdynya , R. Bouabid , A. Bracho , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , N. Chen , D. Chernyak , E. Conley , J. Daughhetee , J. Daughtry , E. Day , M. del Valle Coello , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , W. Fox , J. Galambos , A. Gallo Rosso , A. Galindo-Uribarri , C. Gilbert , M. P. Green , K. R. Hansen , B. Harris , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , R. Henderson , D. Hoang , C. Hughes , M. Hughes , E. Iverson , P. Jairam , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , L. Kaufman , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , J. Koros , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , L. Li , J. T. Librande , J. M. Link , J. Liu , A. Major , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mastroberti , J. Mattingly , O. McGoldrick , M. McIntyre , Y. A. Melikyan , M. Mishra , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , D. S. Parno , A. Penne , S. I. Penttila , D. Pershey , C. Prior , D. Radford , F. Rahman , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. Raybern , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rimal , J. Ross , A. Rouzky , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , A. M. Salyapongse , J. Sander , K. Scholberg , P. Siehien , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovstsev , J. Steele , A. Strasbaugh Hjelmstad , T. Subedi , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , R. T. Thornton , I. Tolstukhin , S. Trotter , F. Tsai , Y. -T. Tsai , E. Ujah , J. Vanderwerp , E. van Nieuwenhuizen , R. L. Varner , S. Vasquez , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , K. Walkup , J. Wang , E. M. Ward , C. Wiseman , T. Wongjirad , D. Wu , J. Yang , Y. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , J. Zettlemoyer , S. Zhang

COHERENT Plans for D$_2$O at the Spallation Neutron Source

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is a pulsed source of neutrons and, as a byproduct of this operation, an intense source of neutrinos via stopped-pion decay. The COHERENT collaboration uses this source to investigate coherent elastic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-03 Rebecca Rapp

Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering by COHERENT

The COHERENT collaboration measured coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) for the first time at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, using a CsI[Na] detector. Here we discuss the nature of the CEvNS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-01-18 Kate Scholberg

Neutronic Design and Measured Performance of the Low Energy Neutron Source (LENS) Target Moderator Reflector Assembly

The Low Energy Neutron Source (LENS) is an accelerator-based pulsed cold neutron facility under construction at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF). The idea behind LENS is to produce pulsed cold neutron beams starting with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 C. M. Lavelle , D. V. Baxter , A. Bogdanov , V. P. Derenchuk , H. Kaiser , M. B. Leuschner , M. A. Lone , W. Lozowski , H. Nann , B. v. Przewoski , N. Remmes , T. Rinckel , Y. Shin , W. M. Snow , P. E. Sokol

Coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering detection with a CsI[Na] scintillator at the SNS spallation source

We study the possibility of using CsI[Na] scintillators as an advantageous target for the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS), using the neutrino emissions from the SNS spallation source at Oak Ridge National…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-04 J. I. Collar , N. E. Fields , E. Fuller , M. Hai , T. W. Hossbach , J. L. Orrell , G. Perumpilly , B. Scholz

Accessing new physics with an undoped, cryogenic CsI CEvNS detector for COHERENT at the SNS

We consider the potential for a 10-kg undoped cryogenic CsI detector operating at the Spallation Neutron Source to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and its sensitivity to discover new physics beyond the standard model.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-23 P. S. Barbeau , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , R. Bouabid , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , E. Conley , V. da Silva , J. Daughhetee , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , A. Erlandson , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , J. Hakenmüller , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , O. Kyzylova , J. M. Link , J. Liu , A. Major , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mattingly , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , N. Ogoi , J. O'Reilly , D. S. Parno , D. Pérez-Loureiro , S. I. Penttila , D. Pershey , C. G. Prior , J. Queen , R. Rapp , H. Ray , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , J. Sander , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , M. Stringer , T. Subedi , B. Suh , B. Sur , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Vanderwerp , E. E. van Nieuwenhuizen , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , K. Walkup , E. M. Ward , T. Wongjirad , Y. Yang , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , A. Zaalishvili

Simulating the neutrino flux from the Spallation Neutron Source for the COHERENT experiment

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a pulsed source of neutrons and, as a byproduct of this operation, an intense source of pulsed neutrinos via stopped-pion decay. The COHERENT collaboration uses this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-31 COHERENT Collaboration , D. Akimov , P. An , C. Awe , P. S. Barbeau , B. Becker , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , M. A. Blackston , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , D. Chernyak , E. Conley , J. Daughhetee , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , L. Fabris , M. Febbraro , J. Galambos , A. Gallo Rosso , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , D. Hoang , M. Hughes , E. Iverson , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , L. Li , J. M. Link , J. Liu , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mastroberti , M. McIntyre , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , D. S. Parno , S. I. Penttila , D. Pershey , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. Raybern , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rimal , J. Ross , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , A. M. Salyapongse , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , G. Sinev , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovstsev , B. Suh , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , I. Tolstukhin , S. Trotter , E. Ujah , J. Vanderwerp , R. L. Varner , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , T. Wongjirad , Y. -R. Yen , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , J. Zettlemoyer , S. Zhang

Understanding inelastically scattered neutrons from water on a time-of-flight small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) instrument

It is generally assumed by most of the small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) user community that a neutrons energy is unchanged during SANS measurements. Here, the scattering from water, specifically light water, was measured on the EQ-SANS…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-10 Changwoo Do , William T. Heller , Christopher Stanley , Franz X. Gallmeier , Mathieu Doucet , Gregory S. Smith

Neutron powder diffraction atomic pair distribution function analysis using the ARCS chopper spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source

The frst neutron powder diffraction based atomic pair distribution functions (PDFs) are reported from the new wide angular-range chopper spectrometer ARCS at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The spectrometer…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-06-19 E. S. Bozin , P. Juhas , W. Zhou , M. B. Stone , D. L. Abernathy , A. Huq , S. J. L. Billinge

The COHERENT Experiment: 2026 Update

The COHERENT experiment measures neutrino-induced recoils from coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with multiple nuclear targets at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-18 M. Adhikari , M. Ahn , D. Amaya Matamoros , P. S. Barbeau , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , R. Bouabid , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , N. Cedarblade-Jones , S. Chen , A. I. Colón Rivera , V. da Silva , J. Daughhetee , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , A. Erlandson , L. Fabris , M. L. Fischer , S. Foster , A. Galindo-Uribarri , E. Granados Vazquez , M. P. Green , B. Hackett , J. Hakenmüller , M. Harada , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , Y. Hino , H. Huang , W. Huang , H. Jeong , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , A. Khromov , D. Kim , L. Kong , A. Konovalov , Y. Koshio , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , O. Kyzylova , Y. Lee , S. M. Lee , G. Li , L. Li , Z. Li , J. M. Link , J. Liu , Q. Liu , X. Lu , M. Luxnat , D. M. Markoff , J. Mattingly , H. McLaurin , K. McMichael , N. Meredith , Y. Nakajima , F. Nakanishi , J. Newby , B. Nolan , J. O'Reilly , A. Orvedahl , D. S. Parno , D. Pérez-Loureiro , D. Pershey , C. G. Prior , J. Queen , R. Rapp , H. Ray , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , J. Sander , K. Scholberg , H. Sekiya , J. Seligman , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , J. Skweres , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , Q. Stefan , M. Stringer , C. Su , T. Subedi , B. Suh , B. Sur , R. Tayloe , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Vaccaro , E. E. van Nieuwenhuizen , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , K. Walkup , E. M. Ward , R. Wendell , T. Wongjirad , C. Yang , Y. Yang , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , Y. Yu , A. Zaalishvili , J. Zettlemoyer , Y. Zheng

Results for the response function determination of the Compact Neutron Spectrometer

The Compact Neutron Spectrometer (CNS) is a Joint European Torus (JET) Enhancement Project, designed for fusion diagnostics in different plasma scenarios. The CNS is based on a liquid scintillator (BC501A) which allows good discrimination…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-03-27 F. Gagnon-Moisan , M. Reginatto , A. Zimbal