ESS towards First Neutron Production

by Håkan Danared

Thursday 30 Nov 2023, 15:15 → 16:15 Europe/Stockholm

The European Spallation Source, ESS, in Lund is expected to have first beam on target and thereby first neutron production in early summer 2025. The proton accelerator has already had nominal beam current to 74 MeV in the normal-conducting part of the linac, and installation of the superconducting linac is progressing rapidly. Installation of the spallation target is similarly making rapid progress, and the 15 neutron instruments will be commissioned in three tranches until start of user operation in 2027. The presentation will give an introduction to ESS and its science goals, review the status of installation and commissioning activities and give an outlook towards start of user operation and beyond.

About the Speaker:

Håkan Danared received his PhD from KTH in atomic physics and then joined the Research Institute of Physics, later the Manne Siegbahn Institute and the Manne Siegbahn Laboratory at SU for the construction and then operation of the CRYRING facility. He was the director of MSL from 2005 to 2010, when he moved to the European Spallation Source in Lund. He is currently the acting head of the ESS Accelerator Division.