Particle physics at the european spallation source

H Abele, A Alekou, A Algora, K Andersen, S Baeßler… - Physics reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Presently under construction in Lund, Sweden, the European Spallation Source (ESS) will
be the world's brightest neutron source. As such, it has the potential for a particle physics …

Detonation nanodiamonds: New aspects in the theory and practice of synthesis, properties and applications

VY Dolmatov, AN Ozerin, II Kulakova… - Russian Chemical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The review describes the current state of research concerning detonation nanodiamonds,
including production, methods of studying the properties and applications. The main …

About Perfluoropolyhedranes, Their Electron‐Accepting Ability and Questionable Supramolecular Hosting Capacity

MP Krafft, JG Riess - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polyhedral molecules are appealing for their eye‐catching architecture and distinctive
chemistry. Perfluorination of such, often greatly strained, compounds is a momentous …

Clustering of diamond nanoparticles, fluorination and efficiency of slow neutron reflectors

A Aleksenskii, M Bleuel, A Bosak, A Chumakova… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neutrons can be an instrument or an object in many fields of research. Major efforts all over
the world are devoted to improving the intensity of neutron sources and the efficiency of …

An intense source of very cold neutrons using solid deuterium and nanodiamonds for the European Spallation Source

N Rizzi, B Folsom, M Akhyani, M Bertelsen… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction, is based on a
high-brightness, bi-spectral, low-dimensional moderator placed above a spallation target …

Enhanced directional extraction of very cold neutrons using a diamond nanoparticle powder reflector

SM Chernyavsky, M Dubois, E Korobkina… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
For more than a decade, detonation nanodiamond (DND) powders have been actively
studied as a material for efficient reflectors of very cold neutrons (VCNs) and cold neutrons …

Flexible fluorinated graphite foils with high contents of the (C 2 F) n phase for slow neutron reflectors

K Henry, M Colin, G Chambery, B Vigolo… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to prepare self-standing and flexible slow neutron reflectors made of graphite
fluoride (GF) with high contents of (C2F) n structural phase, graphite foils of different …

Experimental approach to search for free neutron-antineutron oscillations based on coherent neutron and antineutron mirror reflection

VV Nesvizhevsky, V Gudkov, KV Protasov, WM Snow… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
An observation of neutron-antineutron oscillations (nn¯), which violate both B and BL
conservation, would constitute a scientific discovery of fundamental importance to physics …

Improved beam extraction at compact neutron sources using diamonds nanoparticles and supermirrors

M Jamalipour, L Zanini, EB Klinkby, G Gorini… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aimed to investigate potential benefits from mounting reflecting layers of diamond
nanoparticles or supermirrors in neutron extraction channels, a conceptual compact neutron …

Fluorination of diamond nanoparticles in slow neutron reflectors does not destroy their crystalline cores and clustering while decreasing neutron losses

A Bosak, A Dideikin, M Dubois, O Ivankov, E Lychagin… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
If the wavelength of radiation and the size of inhomogeneities in the medium are
approximately equal, the radiation might be intensively scattered in the medium and …