AlbaNova Colloquium

The construction of the European spallation Source in Sweden

Name: The construction of the European spallation Source in Sweden
Start: 2017-12-07T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2017-12-07T16:30:00+01:00
Location: No location set

by Mats Lindroos (ESS)

Thursday 7 Dec 2017, 15:00 → 16:30 Europe/Stockholm

FR4 (Kleinsalen)

Description

The European Spallation source is being built in Lund by a collaboration of some 40 European research institutes and universities. The construction is financed by 15 European members states with Sweden and Denmark funding close to 50% as host states. I will in this talk give an overview of the construction status and give examples of science done today with neutrons and other neutron research facilities in the world.