The first inelastic neutron spectrum has been successfully taken on the new Beryllium-filter option on our TAIPAN thermal 3-Axis Spectrometer, in this case from the incoherent scatterer, elemental vanadium.
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The data are compared with standard spectra in the literature from Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories in the USA.
Congratulations to Anton Stampfl and Anthony Kafes who took the data, and also to a large team of technicians, engineers and scientists, led by Andrew Eltobaji, who were responsible for completing the capital project. We are now switching TAIPAN back to the classical triple-axis mode, in preparation for the OPAL Reactor's return to service at the weekend.
This project received substantial external funding in 2009 from the Australian Research Council, via a $400k LIEF Grant submitted by AINSE, with the additional support of 8 Australian research organisations (UNSW, Griffith U., Sydney U., U. of Wollongong, Curtin U., UWS, U. of Melbourne and ANU). In fact the contributions from these universities bring the inward investment to this project at OPAL up to approximately $1M.
Within the Institute, Don Kearley was responsible for proposal writing and fund-raising, and the project was initially managed by Anton Stampfl. Since January 2013, the project has been managed by Andrew Eltobaji.
Published: 09/09/2014