The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a multi-disciplinary research facility under construction in Lund, Sweden, with its Data Management and Software Centre co-located in Lyngby, Denmark. Thirteen European countries are partners in its construction and operation. The ESS will help scientists from the partner countries determine and understand basic atomic and magnetic structures and their dynamic properties, using neutron beams to probe length and time scales that are difficult to study with other neutron sources. It is located near the MAX IV Laboratory, which conducts complementary synchrotron radiation research. Construction began in the summer of 2014, with the scientific user program scheduled to begin in 2027. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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SignificanceThe unique long-pulse nature of the ESS, in combination with the very large peak brilliance of the resulting neutron beam, is expected to facilitate experiments that have not been possible at existing sources. 1 Sources
1. European Spallation Source (Wikipedia)
Lead section, construction-start sentence
The construction of the ESS facility began in the summer of 2014 and the first science results are planned for 2027.
Lead section, long-pulse-nature sentence
The unique long-pulse nature of the ESS, in combination with the very large peak brilliance of the resulting neutron beam is expected to facilitate experiments that have not been possible at existing sources
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The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a multi-disciplinary research facility under construction in Lund, Sweden, with its Data Management and Software Centre co-located in Lyngby, Denmark.
In Group: Neutron and Proton Accelerator Facilities, Lead section
During operation, the ESS will use nuclear spallation, a process in which neutrons are liberated from heavy elements by high energy protons.
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