On the 21st of August 2006 the PSI neutron user program started after an extended shut down, in which a new liquid metal target, the MEGAPIE target, was installed. PSI is thereby the first facility World-wide to operate in user mode with a high power liquid metal target. Our first measurements indicate that the estimated gain in neutron flux of 40 % was conservative.
For further information please have look at:
http://megapie.web.psi.ch/megapie_on_track/megapie_in_operation.pdf
or from the Megapie or PSI homepage:
http://megapie.web.psi.ch/ or http://www.psi.ch
Med venlig hilsen
Kurt Clausen
Dr Kurt Nørgaard
Clausen,
Head
of Research Department
Condensed
Matter Research with Neutrons and Muons
Paul
Scherrer Institut, WHGA/250
CH-5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
e-mail:
kurt.clausen@psi.ch http://www.psi.ch
Phone: +41 56 310
3755 Fax: +41 56 310 3131
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