NEUTRON NEWS - THE LAST 2007 ISSUE • Editorial By Kurt Clausen and Joël Mesot- The route forward for Europe: The European Spallation Source: ... there is no excuse to stop developing our present sources and realize as soon as possible the ESS • Meeting reports:
- Spallation source experts meet in Dongguan, China; the eighteen meeting of the International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources - April 2007... visit to the designated site for the China-SNS ...250 attendees from around the world - 'Proteins at Work' Investigates advances in Neutron Scattering: the workshop held at Perugia in May 2007 investigate the potential of advanced neutron scattering techniques for the study of structure and dynamics of biomoleculas...' 25 young participants...support of the NMI3...the organizers will produce a report to be published in the European Biophysics Journal and on the Workshop web - International Workshop on Neutron Scattering held in Taiwan. Two hundred researchers predominantly from Taiwan ... in early June 2007.... • Scientific reviews:
FRMII - Neutron Scattering in Munich
- Panda the Cold Three Axis Spectrometer
- Polarized 3He Spin filters for Hot Neutrons
- The Resonance Spin Echo Spectrometers RESEDA
- The Single Crystal Diffractometer
- The Structure Powder Difractometer SPODI
- Stress Spec: Advanced A• News and Reports:
- Thom Mason to lead ORNL - Director of the Oak Ride National Laboratory (July 2007). - Neutron Detector wins Award: Pharos Neutron Detector System was one of the six ORNL inventions to receive an R&D 100 Award in 2007 - Neutron Guide Hall inaugurated at FRMII on May 2007, a new building...first neutrons to be in the new guide hall east by the end of 2009.
Read more in this issue of the Neutron News The back page of the magazine is related to the results of three Joint Research Activities of the NMI3 project.
ISIS SECOND TARGET STATION - PROTONS ON TARGET Press Release from Science and Technology Facilities Council The ISIS Second Target Station Project at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire achieved a major milestone on Friday 14 December, at the first attempt and two days ahead of schedule. Protons were successfully extracted into the new proton transfer beamline from the existing ISIS accelerator and delivered to the new target station.
The £140 million Second Target Station Project will double the capacity of the world-leading ISIS research centre and significantly increase its capability for nanoscience applications. It will open for experiments in Autumn 2008 and is expected to operate for at least 20 years.
Press release on STFC pages
Signal trace measured from the graphite test target indicating the arrival of the proton bunch
Credit Stephen Kill/ISIS/STFC
TO APPEAR SOON: NEUTRON SCATTERING - A COMPREHENSIVE TOOL FOR CONDENSED MATTER Reported By Hannu Mutka A special issue of 'Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Physique' titled 'Neutron scattering - a comprehensive tool for condensed matter research' will appear soon. This special issue has been edited by Charles de Novion, Martine Hennion and Hannu Mutka and contains articles on a wide variety of applications of neutron scattering and also a perspective of the new sources by F. Mezei. Corrected proofs of most of the articles are already accessible on the web in electronic form at - Physics and astronomy - Comptes Rendus Physique. If you are interested in ordering hard-copies please contact Mme Christine Gray by end of the week (Dec 7), the print-run is limited and she has to foresee the total quantity.
(07/11/07)
NEW TEAM FOR THE EUROPEAN NEUTRON SCATTERING ASSOCIATION. ENSA The European Neutron Scattering Association. Antonio Deriu, Italy (right) was elected as vice-chair and Ad Van Well, Netherlands (left), as secretary in the 25th meeting of the ENSA Committee held in Bilbao on 10th October. Peter Allenspach will continue as chairman of the Association.
Antonio Deriu is professor in the Physic Department of the "Università degli Studi di Parma".
Ad van Well is associate professor at the Applied Physics faculty of the Delft University of Technology and is linked to the Reactor Institute Delft (RID).
(06/11/07)
ESS SCANDINAVIA ATTRACTS ADDITIONAL CRUCIAL COMPETENCE Press Release from ESS ScandinaviaTuesday 6 November 2007.
With the recruitment of Professor Christian Vettier as Director of Science, the European Spallation Source Scandinavia’s new Secretariat has now attracted the third European expert with crucial competence for constructing the ESS in Lund, Sweden.
Professor Vettier is the former Director of Science of the world-leading neutron scattering source Institut Laue-Langevin, ILL, in Grenoble, and has recently joined ESS Scandinavia. Together with Professor Colin Carlile, Director of the ESS Scandinavia, and Patrik Carlsson, Special Projects Manager, he will be a part of the ESS-S Technology Team that will visit European research institutes for talks on how the individual countries can contribute to the construction of the facility:
Professor Vettier’s experience from both neutron science and synchrotron science will be fruitful for the development of a scientific dynamic between ESS and the MAX-Lab in Lund, says Professor Carlile
The ESS has long been needed by scientists in Europe, says Professor Vettier. I am convinced that all involved agree that it will be built. My view is that ESS Scandinavia has the momentum to lead such a project, where there is no room for failure. I am pleased and proud to be part of this team here in Lund.
When the ESS Scandinavia recently presented a detailed costings data base, that was thanks to several years of work done by Dipl. Engineer Hugo Bohn, responsible for Planning & Costing at the ESS Scandinavia. Mr. Bohn comes from the Research Centre Jülich in Germany, the home institute of Professor Peter Grünberg, the 2007 Nobel Laureate in Physics, and was formerly responsible for Project Planning & Coordination at the ESS Central Project Team.
- Mr Bohn has 30 years of experience with planning and costing of large scale scientific facilities, something which is quite unique, says Colin Carlile.
- Constructing the world’s most powerful neutron source requires highly specialised competence. There is a very small number of people in Europe who have got the scientific and technical capabilities that are required, and Lund has now attracted three of them.
- The ESS Scandinavia has now built up its core competence, and the recruitment of top-class researchers and technicians will continue, concludes Professor Carlile.
(23/10/07)
ESS SCANDINAVIA: AGREEMENT ON NEED AND TIMETABLE FOR EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE Press Release from ESS Scandinavia 23 October 2007
After a sequence of consultations in 15 European countries, the first phase of the Swedish negotiations, with information on the government’s bid to host the ESS, is now complete. The negotiations will now enter the second phase, when the ESS Scandinavia Technology Team will visit European research institutes for talks on how the individual countries can contribute to the construction of the facility.
The next ESS Scandinavia Round Table will be held on the 11 and 12 February 2008, when the technological plan will be the main topic of discussion.
After the first Round Table, which was held in Lund and Copenhagen on 15 and 16 October, there is now general agreement among the European countries on the need for a new world-leading European neutron source. There is agreement that a European Spallation Source needs to be operational not later than 2020 in order to maintain Europe’s lead in neutron science. There was also substantial support for locating ESS in Lund.
At the Round Table, ESS Scandinavia presented detailed costings for construction, operation and even the eventual decommissioning. The ESS Scandinavia carbon neutral energy concept was also received with great interest, particularly as it is in line with the European climate strategy and contributes to lowering the operational costs.
- The Round Table represents a real step forward, says Professor Colin Carlile, Director of the ESS Scandinavia. There have been plans for the European Spallation Source for at least 15 years, but now, for the first time, there is a consensus that construction must start soon.
The delegates declared themselves to be impressed by the progress of the Lund bid. There was also recognition of the strong scientific environment and the excellent infrastructure in the Greater Copenhagen area, says Professor Carlile.
Momentum continues to build up for the Swedish bid. We are hopeful that a number of countries will consider recommending Lund as the site for the ESS, says Mr Allan Larsson, the Swedish government’s Chief Negotiator. A Nordic platform for the hosting of the ESS would further underline the pan-European character of the project.
42 representatives from the Research Ministries of 23 European countries, and from the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Nordic Investment Bank were gathered at the Round Table:
- We are hopeful of securing a deal on the site for ESS and putting together a partnership of European countries and bodies to finance its construction, concludes Professor Carlile.
For more information, please contact: Marianne Ekdahl Information and Communications Officer
European Spallation Source Scandinavia
Homepage: http://www.ess-scandinavia.org
(03/10/07)
INTERVIEW WITH JEFFREY PENFOLD THE WINNER OF THE 2007 WALTER HAELG PRIZE Professor Jeffrey Penfold (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK) is the winner the 2007 Hälg Prize of the European Neutron Scattering Association, in recognition of his ground breaking work on neutron reflection which he developed as an invaluable tool in colloid and interface science.
- Your work in four easy words:
I use neutron scattering techniques as a tool to investigate the behaviour of surfactants (detergents), surfactant mixtures, and surfactant / polymer mixtures at surfaces and interfaces, and the nature of their self-assembly in solution. Over the past 20 or so years I have had strong links with the home and personal care industry, which has sponsored much of my research, and so much of what I do relates directly to the performance of home and personal care products (detergents, shampoos, conditioners etc).
- Your opinion as expert:
How neutrons meets the needs of industry?
Having worked closely with industry (home and personal care sector mainly) for ~ 20 years I am well placed to comment. It does require a close relationship with industry, such that they can appreciate what neutron scattering has to offer them, and for us to understand the nature and context of their problems. I have been directly involved in a number of areas where neutron scattering has made a direct and quantifiable impact upon product formulation and processing. How to incentivate the use of neutrons in Biology?
I believe that there is a great potential for applying neutron scattering to a wide range of problems in biology. The areas of applicability have to be carefully identified and realistic goals set (it is important not to overstate what can be achieved, or to try to compete in areas where other techniques are more applicable). Again a closer dialogue with biologists is needed in order to more fully understand where neutron scattering can contribute and to overcome the barriers associated with our different jargons and cultures.
- Your dedication to work:
I think that I would best be described as ‘driven’, and so I do work hard, but not excessively so. I enjoy what I do so much that I am a reluctant holiday taker (ask my family!). Not that i dislike holidays, on the contrary, but I also enjoy research.
- Your hobbies:
With a relatively young family and a job which is really a hobby there has been little time for much else. However, I have recently resurrected my interest in painting (watercolours), as before starting a career in science I had intended to go to art school.
THIRD 2007 ISSUE OF NEUTRON NEWS MAGAZINE OUT NOW In this issue:
• Editorial by Albert Furrer: Quo Vadis, Neutron Scattering? ... the history of neutron scattering... there are several areas offering a clear innovative potential... the third generation neutron sources offer tremendous opportunities... neutron scattering committees and managers should put aside some risk money for truly innovative programs
• Meeting reports:
- European muon users meeting at ISIS: Workshop on the future developments of European Muon sources, November 2006, funded as a foresight study through NMI3. There is a considerable potential for future muon developments ion Europe. - Creating a Partnership for Soft Condensed Matter at ILL/ESRF: More than 110 scientist from Europe and North America. identifying the needs of the soft matter community at ILL - AANSS2006, a Snapshot of Neutron Science in Australia: the biennial Australian neutron users' meeting, Sydney - Future Opportunities discussed at Workshop: Engineering applications of the UK Synchrotron and Neutron Sources, March 2007. The scope of the workshop also covered fields such as earth sciences and cultural heritage. The ideas generated in a final brainstorming session will form the basis of a proposal for the Engineering Applications Centre - HFIR and SNS prepare for users: a combined user week to be held from October 8 to 12, 2997 at ORNL. Tow engineering workshops hosted at ORNL
• Scientific reviews
- Discoveries that changed the world, 1923 - 1942. James Chadwick and Lise Meitner.
- New Developments for 2D High Resolution Neutron Scattering Experiments.
- Scatter: a new inelastic neutron scattering simulation subroutine for the General Utility Lattice Program.
• Book review: Neutron Scattering from Magnetic Materials edited by T.Chatterji - Elsevier 2006
• News and Reports
- Jeffrey Penfold Wins 2007 Walter Hälg Prize; ... groundbreaking work on neutron reflection, which he developed as an invaluable tool in colloid and interface science - Henrik M.Rønnow wins Lewy- Bertaut Prize; ... truly successful career of a young European scientist - NSSA Names fellows: The Neutron Scattering Society of America fellowship program recognizes members who have made a significant contribution to the neutron community in North America - Primer Minister John Howards formally opens OPAL reactor: April 2007 Australia. The first round for the first two instruments opened in March 2007 and there will be calls for other five instruments later in 2007.
Read more in this issue of the Neutron News The back page of the magazine is related to the results of three Joint Research Activities of the NMI3 project.
INTERVIEW WITH HENRIK M. RØNNOW, THE WINNER OF THE 2007 ERWIN FELIX LEWY BERTAUT PRIZE. Lund, June 2007.
Henrik M.Rønnow is the winner of the Lewy-Bertaut prize of the European Crystallographic Association and European Neutron Scattering Association. We met him in Lund, Sweden, at the European Conference on Neutron Scattering, where he received the award in the ceremony that took place on 28 of June. He presented a talk entitled "Blue crystal magnetism - neutrons in the quasiparticle zoo"
- Your work in four easy words:
I use neutron scattering to study magnetic materials. In particular materials where the magnetic properties are governed by the so called law of quant mechanics, which are in some way different from the classical laws that we know. That’s why it is complicated and we need to study it. What we do with neutrons is to take a beam of neutrons and shoot them at our sample. Then we look in what directions they get scattered and basically by seeing what directions they get scattered, we get an idea of how the system looks inside. In the same way as if you shoot a billiard ball into a triangle billiard balls, you can see in the way they get scattered out.
- Your opinion as neutron young scientist: how to bring new users in the "neutron world"?
It will actually only work if someone goes to their field and really works with them to do the first experiments. Because if you just advertise it and say: look, you can come into this but it does require to you to learn a complete new technique, and there is no example of the fact that this is actually successful. That’s a very large barrier to a scientist. He has techniques that already work and he needs a motivation to go on and to use a new technique. It is the same for us as neutron scatters. We need a reason to do other techniques and that reason is that there has to be somebody to demonstrate that this is good. I think that’s the only way of bringing people in.
- Your dedication to work:
I get awake at 6 in the morning and I come home at six to take our son from the nanny. And I usually work one hour or two around midnight. I work twelve to fourteen hours a day. Time is certainly our biggest problem.
-Your age:
I am thirty three years old.
- The sages say that there are three things a person ought to do in life: plant a tree, have a child, and write a book...
Did you plant a tree?
I planted a forest once! Did you wrote a book?
I have not written a book
... but he has published over fifty papers with a high impact factor, in sixteen different prestigious journals, in less than ten years ...
"Henrik M. Rønnow has a brilliant track record that illustrates a truly successful career of a young European scientist." (As it is said in the Lewy-Bertaut prize announce)
YOUTUBE FOR SCIENTISTS LAUNCHED 28/08/07 Press release - CORDIS, the Community R&D Information Service A website being dubbed the YouTube for scientists has been launched, raising new hopes of bringing science closer to the people.
SciVee allows scientists to upload published papers, as well as a podcast presenting the paper. As the site is relatively new, content is still fairly sparse. Those behind the initiative are however confident that it will contribute to the widespread dissemination and comprehension of science.
JULY ISSUE 2007 OF NOTIZIARIO NEUTRONI E LUCE DI SINCROTRONE IS AVAILABLE (• The editorial:
- Carlo Rizzuto will be the new ESFRI Chairman
- Jenn Penfold is to be the recipient of the 2007 Walter Hälg Prize of ENSA - ISIS Facility.
- A rough guide to Research Infrastructures in EU Framework Programme 7 by R. McGreevy: "Projects might be expected to start towards the end of 2008"
• Two scientific reviews:
- A marker-free 3D image registration for the ANCIENT CHARM project.
- Dynamic interplay between biomolecules and glassy environments.
• Research Infrastructures:
- A new Muon Spectrometer for ISIS
- The EMBL Integrated Facility for Structural Biology at PETRAIII.
• News, Meeting Reports, Calendar and much more on this new issue!.
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è pubblicato a cura del C.N.R. in collaborazione
con la Facoltà di Scienze M.F.N. e
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(18/07/07)
THE 4th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON NEUTRON SCATTERING AT LUND ECNS 2007: The fourth of a series of successful meetings organised by the European Neutron Scattering Association. ECNS is held every four years. It was held in Interlaken in 1996, Budapest in 1999, Montpellier in 2003 and this year in Lund from Monday 25 to Friday 29 June 2007. The next will be in Prague in 2011.
• A multidisciplinary meeting with scientists from a wide range of disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, ...
• An important gathering of the neutron research community with:
around 700 participants from Europe and the rest of the world.
8 plenary lectures
23 presentations
600 posters across three poster sessions
17 exhibitors with products of interest to the neutron scattering community
8 satellite meetings
• Interesting papers and posters about:
- the main neutron applications: magnetism, soft matter, chemical structure, life sciences ...
- the emerging uses: cultural heritage, environment ...
- new instrumentation
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Have a look to the video.
(08/06/07)
SECOND 2007 ISSUE OF NEUTRON NEWS MAGAZINE OUT NOW, FEATURING FRMII In this issue:
• Editorial by Joel Mesot: Building on our Strengths.
• Meeting reports:
- Summer School on SANS and Reflectometry held at NIST:... the school was a resounding sucess - HMI hosts the Polarized Neutron School and the PCNMI2066 Conference in Berlin.
... a forum stimulated by the high level of the lectures as well as the Berlin late summer weather...
... "sayonara - see you again in 2008 in Japan". ... PNCMI moves now for the first time to Asia - Peter and the Anti-Peter Principle: A colloquium honors Peter Vorderwish at the HMI:
... to celebrate his retirement after forty years of activity... - Oaks Ridge hosts Imaging and Neutron Workshop - IAN 2006
... the workshop report will include recommendations for further research and development... - APGRADE'06 Addresses future scientific goals for GAMma-ray spectrometers: ... to lay out the scientific future... - SNI2006: a German forum for Condensed Matter research at large-scale facilities: ...more than 500 scientists...
• Correspondent's Report
Forschungsneutronenequelle Heinz Maier- Leibnitz (FRMII) - Garnich Germany.
... today 17 instruments are available for general users and 2 to 3 more instruments will follow each year...
• Scientifics reviews
- The Triple Axis Spin Echo Spectrometer TRISP at the FRMII:
... a novel high resolution neutron spectrometer, combining the triple axis and neutron resonance spin echo techniques - HEiDi: single Crystal Diffractometer at the hot source of the FRMII:
... developed to cover a broad range of scientific cases in the area of structural research on single crystals - The Time of Flight Spectrometer TOFTOF:
... positioned in the neutron guide hall of the FRM-II some 60 m away from the reactor core - MIRA: very cold neutrons for new methods:
... offers unique possibilities for combining different neutron scattering methods - NEOPOMUC: The new Positron beam facility at the FRMII:
... the world's more intense low energy positron beam
• News and Reports
-Exploring matter with neutrons: a pedagogical CD for researches and students. Nanopolis 2006.
...the CD is certainly a remarkable new tool, useful not only because of his pedagogical aspects but also as a reference for all scientist interesed in neutron scattering - HIFAR 1958 - 2007: ... final shutdown of Australia's first nucelar reactor - Helmut Rauch awarded the 2006 Wittgenstein Prize:
... in recognition of his seminal work in neutron interferometry and optics, the Austrian Research Association awarded him the 2006 Wittgenstein Prize in October 7 2006
Read more in this issue of the Neutron News now online!
The back page of the magazine summarize the activities of the NMI3 project since 2004.
SNS PROJECT LEADER NAMED NEW ORNL DIRECTOR Press release OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 25, 2007
UT-Battelle announced the selection of Dr. Thom Mason as Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
He has served since 2001 as Associate Lab Director for the Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source and, more recently, ORNL's Neutron Sciences Directorate
Mason's appointment as Laboratory Director will become effective July 1.
A NEW WEBSITE FOR THE SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE May 2007—HFIR reactor was started up at 01:04 on Wednesday, May 16.'
'SNS has two reflectometers and one spectrometer currently operating.'
'Spring '07 Neutron Pulse available electronically'
...
News, Operation status, Publications and much more on the new ORNL Website.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Neutron Sciences Directorate, that operates now the High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Spallation Neutron Source, initiated a new website, http://neutrons.ornl.gov. This integrates the websites for the these two facilities.
The new Directorate was established in October 2006 and is led by Thom Mason.
Download the Spring'07 Neutron Pulse Magazine and read all the details.
(07/05/07)
HENRIK M. RØNNOW IS THE WINNER OF THE LEWY-BERTAUT PRIZE The prize committee, set up by the European Crystallographic Association and European Neutron Scattering Association, has decided unanimously to award the first Lewy-Bertaut prize to Henrik M. Rønnow.
The award ceremony will take place June 28th at the occasion of the European Conference on Neutron Scattering in Lund, Sweden.
Henrik M. Rønnow has a brilliant track record that illustrates a truly successful career of a young European scientist ... more information on the ENSA pages
(07/05/07)
THE 2007 HÄLG PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED TO JEFFREY PENFOLD The nominations received for the 2007 Hälg Prize were examined by an international selection committee consisting of authorities representing the major scientific disciplines, both within and beyond the field of neutron scattering. The selection committee is delighted to announce that the 2007 Hälg Prize will be awarded to Professor Jeffrey Penfold (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK) in recognition of his ground breaking work on neutron reflection which he developed as an invaluable tool in colloid and interface science. His work has involved both instrument and technique development as well as a large volume of highly cited original research.
In 2007 the Hälg Prize is to be presented at a special session of the International Conference on Neutron Scattering, to be held in Lund, Sweden, between June 25 and 29.
HUNGARY: IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN THE PROCESS TO HOST ESS. The decree of the Hungarian government on the medium term strategy for science, technology and innovation policy, published on the 5th April 2007, states a 40% increase of R&D spending in the country in the next 4 years, and in particular, among the investment provisions the European Spallation Source (ESS) is indicated as one of the facilities considered: „Hungary is willing to host and share the construction of ESS if appropriate conditions can be set up for international co-financing.” Along this line the government at its session on the 18th of April endorsed the report of the Minister of Economy and Transport on the process of establishing the case to host ESS in Hungary. The Hungarian bid relates to the project laid down in the ESFRI Roadmap, i.e. the 5 MW long pulse target station. The Minister has been entrusted to set up an international consortium by making competitive offer to the partners with a substantial share of the investment costs by Hungary. This proposal, however, is flexible since the economic conditions and financing model have not yet been fully established. The Minister is also in charge of launching a selection process by open tendering (and reviewed by an international panel) to choose the most suitable particular site within Hungary. The government also supports that Hungarian organisations take an active part in the “Preparatory Phase” project of ESS within EU FP7, with financial contribution from the National Office for Research and Technology.
(27/04/07)
EUROPEAN MASTER IN MATERIALS SCIENCE - EXPLOITING LARGE SCALE FACILITIES
Erasmus Mundus - MaMaself MaMaSELF is a one year European Master course in Materials Science, offered by three Universities: Rennes1 (France), Torino (Italy) and TU München (Germany) with close cooperation to the LMU München.
The objective of the course is to teach different specialisations of Materials Science, completed by a two
weeks summer school, dedicated to explore materials with neutrons and synchrotron radiation.
First semester:
lectures and laboratory courses at one of the four Universities. Specialisation areas are:
· physics of materials at Munich,
· chemistry and nano science at Torino and
· Materials Science combined with Management at Rennes.
Second semester:
Master thesis work at another University of the consortium. Master thesis subjects concern research activities of the research groups of the consortium, in collaboration with large scale facilities and industrial partners.
During the two weeks summer school all students will obtain a wide background exploring materials with neutrons or synchrotron radiation. Several important European Large Scale Facilities (ESRF and ILL (Grenoble, France), LLB Saclay, France), DESY (Hamburg, Germany) and FRM-II (Munich, Germany)) strongly support this Master and will be implied in the summer school and the Master thesis.
Information: MaMaself Source: EC Europa
(03/04/07)
CCLRC AND PPARC MERGED TO FORM A NEW RESEARCH COUNCIL. Press Release: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL.
A new research council was established on the 1st April 2007 that will bring greater strategic leadership and an integrated approach to UK investments in large national and international research facilities and infrastructure whilst delivering world-class science, technologies and people for the UK.
The Science and Technology Facilities Council has been formed from the merger of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils [CCLRC] and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council [PPARC]. The Council’s remit will cover all the programmes, activities and facilities previously operated by CCLRC and PPARC, plus responsibility for research in nuclear physics which has been transferred from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EPSRC]. Read the full text on the The Science and Technology Facilities Council
(29/03/07)
FIRST 2007 ISSUE OF NEUTRON NEWS: FEATURING NEUTRON SCATTERING AT BATAN In this issue:
• Editorial by Peter Tindemans: Spotlight Back on ESS:
The going will not be easy, but the users should keep telling their governments that no delays are necessary nor desirable if Europe wants to maintain its leading position since ESS is ready to be constructed • Meeting reports:
- Tenth Laboratory Course held at Forschungzentrum Jülich: ...supported by NMI3; this funding has been granted every year since 2000... for the first time in the history of the lab course there were more female participants than male.
- Los Alamos host third neutron Scattering School: future schools are planned on hydrogen materials and materials science at high pressures - Earth Sciences focus of "Neutron for Geoscience": ... the interest of the FRMII to establish the infrastructure for experiments under extreme condition, especially for the geoscience community - Spin-echo techniques examined at NSE workshop:over 80 participants gathered to exchange ideas on recent studies and developments of this technique - Students connect at the PSI summer school on Condensed matter research: the topic of this fifth school was "Neutron, X-ray and Muon Studies of nano scale structures - Jaca 2006: twenty years after the first Spanish school on neutron techniques: ... Jaca, a city in Aragon, on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees at 1986...the beginning of a series of schools..."
- FRMII hosts workshop on biological and soft matter interfaces:the performance of the new neutron reflectometer, REFSANS at the FRMII, was reported by R.Kampmann (GKSS) • Scientific Reviews;
- Neutron diffraction activities in Serpong
- Neutron Diffractometer for Residual Stress Measurement
- Small Angle neutron scattering spectrometer
- Small angle neutron scattering spectrometer (SMARTer) for nanoestructure studies of Soft Condensed Matter.
- Total neutron scattering cross section
• News and Reports
Read more in this issue of the Neutron News now online!
The back page of the magazine announces the "International Symposium on Time-Resolved Processes in Condensed Matter" SKIN 2007 to be held at the University of Göttingen on 27th and 28th of September 2007.
Other Neutron Magazines: Neutron Magazines Section
(07/03/07)
JANUARY ISSUE 2007 OF NOTIZIARIO NEUTRONI E LUCE DI SINCROTRONE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE • The editorial: Well deserved prize for Jack Carpenter. ... "Congratulations Jack!" by Ian Anderson.
• Two scientific reviews:
- Using neutrons to track ancient pottery firing technology.
- BEAR: a Bending Magnet for Emission Absorption and Reflectivity.
• News:
- News from ESRF: The ESRF’s Upgrade Programme - The upgrade will involve the reconstruction of about one third of the beamlines for significantly improved performance.
- News from ILL: A direct Test of E = mc2
- News from LCLS: Ground Breaking for Linac Coherent Light Source - the world’s first X-ray free-electron laser. Scheduled for completion in 2009 at the U. S. Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
- News from NCXT: National Center for X-ray Tomography - located at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- News from NMI3: The Joint Research Activities
- News from SNS: Recent Progress in ORNL’s Neutron Sciences Directorate.
The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center featured in Report
• Meeting Reports:
-Cultural Heritage Science in the Fast Lane - Report from the one-day AHRC/CCLRC meeting at the Tate Modern,London, 28th November 2006
- Imaging and Neutrons Workshop Attracts 2006 (IAN 2006).
- Sea Waves and Spin waves meet in Santa Margherita di Pula.
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NOTIZIARIO Neutroni e Luce di Sincrotrone
è pubblicato a cura del C.N.R. in collaborazione
con la Facoltà di Scienze M.F.N. e
il Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università
degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”G.
(27/02/07)
THE NMI3 REPORT PERIOD 3 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION. Julie Bellingham, NMI3 manager, happy after compiling and digesting the biggest report yet.
(04/03/07)
SPAIN: A STEP TOWARDS ESS The Spanish secretary of State of Universities and Research, Miguel Ángel Quintanilla, presided over the second meeting of the council of the Spanish candidature to the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Bilbao on 1st of March. The meeting established the executive committee presided by Juan Urrutia. The criteria to choose the future scientific director of this project have been decided and the council of the Spanish candidature reviewed. The secretary declared in a press Conference that Spain, which has been increasing the investment in research and development, is prepared to put 330 million Euros for the project. Nevertheless he clarified that this is an "open proposal" because the economics conditions have not yet been established.
A ROUTE TO THE BRIGHTEST POSSIBLE NEUTRON SOURCE? - PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE Read the interesting article "A Route to the Brightest Possible Neutron Source?" published on Science (AAAS) 23 February 2007
Authors: Andrew Taylor,1* Mike Dunne,1 Steve Bennington,1 Stuart Ansell,1 Ian Gardner,1 Peter Norreys,1 Tim Broome,1 David Findlay,1 Richard Nelmes2
The article review the potential to develop sources for neutron scattering science and propose that a merger with the rapidly developing field of inertial fusion energy could provide a major step-change in performance.
1 Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK.
2 Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK.
See the Abstract on: Science (AAAS):
Science 23 February 2007
Vol. 315. no. 5815, pp. 1092 - 1095
(26/02/07)
SWEDISH GOVERNMENT OFFER TO HOST ESS LONG PULSE NEUTRON SOURCE • Lars Leijonborg, the Swedish Education and Research Minister, held a press conference in Lund on 26 February 2007 to announce the Swedish Government decision to work for the construction of the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden.
More details at Swedish Government Pages (in Swedish)
• The Swedish Government proposes support for locating the ESS long pulse neutron source in Sweden.
Press release from ESS Scandinavia The Swedish Government proposes to support the location of the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden. ESS is a planned joint European research centre where the world’s most powerful neutron source will be used for research in for example life sciences, materials- and engineering science, nanotechnology and energy technology. The Government of Sweden is now inviting other European countries to take part in the construction of ESS in Sweden and offers to cover about 30% of the investment and about 10% of the operating costs. ESS Scandinavia welcomes laboratories, universities and organisations wishing to participate in the design and construction of ESS in Lund.
• Sweden joins race to host next-generation particle acceleratorCordis News
(22/01/07)
THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AWARDS COLIN CARLILE WITH THE GLAZEBROOK MEDAL Institute of Physics awards 2007 - The Glazebrook Medal and Prize.
Colin Carlile, the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble. For his contributions to neutron science; in particular through his leadership of the Institut Laue-Langevin, the world’s premier source of neutron beams for research.
The Glazebrook Medal, named after the first Director of the National Physical Laboratory, is one of the Institute's three Premier Awards and is made annually for outstanding contributions to the organisation, utilisation or application of science. The silver gilt medal is accompanied by a certificate and a prize of £1000.
ILL CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY The Institut Laue-Langevin
... founded in 1967
... an international research centre operating the most intense slow neutron source in the world.
... owned and operated by its three founding countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom
... 75M€ per year
... scientific membership contributions from Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Hungary, Belgium and Poland.
... an exceptional centre of excellence ever since, a fine example of successful co-operation in Europe and a prototype of the European Research Area.
... 2000 scientists visit the ILL from over 1000 laboratories in 45 different countries across the world ...
... 750 experiments each year.
The Institut Laue-Langevin celebrates on 17 January 2007 his 40th anniversary.
THE ERWIN FELIX LEWY BERTAUT PRIZE OF THE EUROPEAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND NEUTRON SCATTERING ASSOCIATIONS The European Crystallographic Association (ECA) and the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) announce the creation of a prize in honour of the late Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut, in memory of his scientific achievements which are cornerstones in both crystallography and neutron scattering.
The prize is awarded to a young European scientist (up to 5-8 years after finishing the PhD-thesis) in recognition of notable experimental theoretical or methodological contributions in the field of investigation of matter using crystallographic or neutron scattering methods.
ECA and ENSA will award that prize in a regular alternating sequence. The first prize will be awarded at the European Conference for Neutron Scattering in Lund, Sweden June 25-29, 2007. At that occasion the prize will be sponsored by NMI3, the Neutron and Muon Integrated Infrastructure Initiative. In the long run ECA and ENSA aim to contribute equally to the financing of the prize. A dedicated fund has been set up and contributions through donations, sponsors etc are welcome. A selection committee composed by nominees from both Associations will select the successful candidate.
The first call for nominations is open until February 28th 2007.
Proposals by Senior Scientists, Supervisors, Officers of the Associations etc should be addressed to
Hannu Mutka at the Institut Laue-Langevin
or
Hartmut Fuess at the Technische Universitat Darmstadt,
Fachbereich Material und Geowissenschaften,
Petersenstrase 23, 64287 Darmstadt.
Application in electronic format (.pdf) should include a CV, list of publications and an account on the major achievements of the candidate.
(PDF, 0.023 MB)
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