Proposal for a Meso-Scale Science Facility in Area A at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

ORAL

Abstract

Experimental Area A at LANSCE is a large unused experimental area with overhead crane coverage, installed power, access to the LANSCE proton beam, and more than 30,000 square feet of floor space. In former times it was used for pion experiments. We propose to restore proton delivery to Area A and to build a new three axis proton radiography area designed to support high, peak-intensity, low-power, low-emittance beam delivery for studying small dynamic experiments aimed at studying dynamic materials physics at the meso-scale. With the addition of a responsive RF kicker currently under evaluation, such a facility could support multiple beamlines, including a multi-axis proton radiography installation. A refurbished Area A would also support other high-current experimental beamlines for materials studies and isotope production. We will present the technical options and some examples of physics opportunities where the temporal and spatial resolution offered by such a facility will help elucidate shock physics at the grain level.

*This work was funded by the US Department of Energy

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Presenters

  • Christopher Morris

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

Authors

  • M. S. Freeman

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Jonathan Carl Boettger

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • William Tillman Buttler

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Frank Cherne

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Saryu Fensin

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • D Anthony Fredenburg

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Timothy C Germann

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Brian Jensen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • James Roybal Langenbrunner

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Darby J Luscher

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Fesseha G. Mariam

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Frank Merrill

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • David S Montgomery

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Levi Neukirch

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Kyle Ramos

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Laura Smilowitz

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Zhaowen Tang

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Dale Tupa

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Sven C. Vogel

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Christopher Morris

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab