Compact Neutron and Photon Sources at Tsinghua University: Overview, Opportunities and Outlook

Chun LOONG and Xuewu WANG (Tsinghua University, Beijing)

The neutron and x-ray facilities at Tsinghua University that are based on accelerator-driven 9Be(p, n)-reaction and Thomson-scattering radiation, respectively, differ from large central facilities in three aspects: 1) Located on the university campus, the sources are designed, constructed and operated by faculty and staff with strong student participation, ideally suitable for education and experimental training, 2) Configured compactly and flexibly, the n/x beamlines provide basic materials characterization capabilities that complement scientific research of in-house and external users, and 3) Working closely with the accelerator and neutron communities in China and abroad, the CPHS and TTX facilities* have the potential for instrumentation and technological development, expanding to lateral innovation such as neutron/proton therapy, accelerator-driven systems for waste treatment and energy amplification. TTX is currently under commissioning and CPHS is scheduled to finish the first-phase construction in 2012. In this talk we present an overview of the n/x-source projects, allude to the need of young talents and the associated professional opportunities, and advocate the importance of international cooperation. __________________________ *CPHS: Compact Pulsed Hadron Source; TTX: Tsinghua Thomson-scattering X-ray Source

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