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Instruments & Support

While the ILL's neutron source has remained essentially unchanged during the lifetime of the Institute, the ILL's instruments and their components have been continually developed and improved to increase their effectiveness.

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Instruments & groups

Instruments & groups

ILL instruments are operated by several groups -  each of them dealing with closely related experimental techniques. Instruments are identified by letter code:

  • D - Neutron diffraction
          Powder-, Single-crystal-, & Small-angle-diffractometers, Reflectometers
  • IN -Inelastic neutron scattering
           Three-axis, Time-of-flight & High-resolution spectrometers
  • PF & PN - Nuclear and Particle physics

Map of the instruments - November 2012

Instrument characteristics


Instrument Groups

Description

Instruments


Diffraction
(DIF)

The instruments of the DIF group use neutron diffraction to study the structure of materials used in everyday life.

Powder diffractometers:

D2B, D20, D1B(CRG), D4, SALSA

Single-crystal diffractometers:

CYCLOPS, D3, D9, D10, D19, D23(CRG),  OrientExpress, VIVALDI

Large scale structures (LSS)


The instruments of the LSS  are all dedicated to measuring structures on the scale of 1 to 100s of nanometers.

Large-scale structure diffractometers:

D11, D16, D22, D33,  LADI-III

Reflectometers:

SuperADAM(CRG), D17, FIGARO

Time of flight
(TOF/HR)

The instruments of the TOF/HR group are used to study the dynamics of condensed matter samples, either in the form of powders, glasses or liquids.

Time-of-flight  spectrometers:

IN4C, IN5, IN6, D7, BRISP(CRG)

High-resolution spectrometers:

IN10, IN11, IN13(CRG), IN15, IN16

IN16B (not yet commissioned)

WASP (not yet commissioned)

Triple axis (TAS)

The three-axis spectrometers are very versatile instruments used to study condensed matter. They are designed, primarily, to investigate the collective motion of atoms and that of their magnetic moments in single crystalline samples.

Three-axis spectrometers:

IN1, IN8, IN12(CRG), IN14, IN20, IN22(CRG)


ThALES (not yet commissioned)

Options :
- Multi-analyser: FlatCone (IN8, IN14, IN20), IMPS (IN8), UFO (IN12)
- Spin echo: TASSE (IN20), ZETA (IN20?, IN22)


Test instrument: IN3

Nuclear and particle physics (NPP)

The NPP instruments are excellent unique tools for examining key questions in nuclear and neutron particle physics.

PF1B, PF2, PN1, PN3, S18(CRG), CryoEDM(CRG), GRANIT


Other Groups

Description

C-Lab and Virtual Experiments

The Computation Lab (C-Lab) hosts scientists and students who need to perform instrument and sample simulations. The Lab brings a broad spectrum of experience and tools to the site of the experiment. Simulation support can be requested along with neutron beamtime requests; the simulations accepted are performed by visitors in collaboration with the C-Lab.

Theory

The Theory Group works with ILL/ESRF users to help them understand
(i) neutrons and their interaction with matter and (ii) the properties of materials being studied using neutrons/xrays.