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Instruments

Fifteen instruments for science are included in the ESS construction project. Each instrument is unique, optimised for obtaining particular kinds of scientific data.

ESS instrument layout, August 2018. Click to enlarge.

The instruments selected for construction at the European Spallation Source are versatile, and most serve several different scientific communities. Developed and built by teams across Europe, they are each designed to be world-leading from day one.

The 15 instrument concepts were selected through an inclusive process, involving applications from the community and peer-review by scientific and technical committees. The final recommendation was made by the ESS Scientific Advisory Committee and approved by ESS Council. Expansion of the suite up to 22 instruments is anticipated, and the facility is designed to accommodate even more in the future. Installation of the first instruments has begun, and the user program  is set to open in 2027.

DREAM

Bispectral Powder Diffractometer

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HEIMDAL

Hybrid Diffractometer

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MAGiC

Magnetism Single-Crystal Diffractometer

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NMX

Macromolecular Diffractometer

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BEER

Engineering Diffractometer

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ODIN

Multi-Purpose Imaging

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ESTIA

Focusing Reflectometer

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FREIA

Liquids Reflectometer

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LoKI

Broadband SANS

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SKADI

General Purpose SANS

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BIFROST

Extreme Environment Spectrometer

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CSPEC

Cold Chopper Spectrometer

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MIRACLES

Backscattering Spectrometer

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T-REX

Bispectral Chopper Spectrometer

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VESPA

Vibrational Spectrometer

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The mission of the ESS Neutron Instruments Division (NID) is to provide oversight and leadership for instrument construction projects. To do this we will:

  • Provide strategic leadership on the design and evolution of the ESS instrument suite
  • Provide requirements for the design and operation of the ESS facility and user programme
  • Perform scientific research and method development to support the NSS mission
  • Engage with NSS stakeholders and build up the user community through outreach and education
  • Prepare to operate the instruments within the user programme

Head of Division and Deputy:

Andrew Jackson

Instrument Scientist -Small Angle Neutron Scattering

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 Staff:

Thomas Arnold

FREIA Instrument Scientist

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Premek Beran

Instrument Scientist for BEER

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Pascale Deen

Instr. Scientist-Cold Neutr.Spectroscopy

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Judith Houston

Instrument Scientist for LOKI

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Beate Linnenberg

Team Assistant

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Dan Mannix

HEIMDAL Instrument Scientist

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Esko Oksanen

Instrument Scientist - Macromolecular Crystallography

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Werner Schweika

Instrument Scientist - Diffraction

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Rasmus Toft-Petersen

Instrument scientist for BIFROST

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Robin Woracek

Instrument Scientist for test beamlines and engineering

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For each class of instruments, there is a Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP).

The STAPs consist of experts from Europe and around the world, contributing their knowledge and experience to identify scientific possibilities and technical feasibility for ESS instrument concepts. The STAPs  guide instrument concept development, and they also review the instrument proposals submitted to ESS.  

Diffraction STAP
  • Paul Attfield (Chair)
    University of Edinburgh
    UK
  • Manuel Angst
    Jülich Research Center
    Germany
  • Tom Fennell
    PSI
    Switzerland
  • Reinhard Neder
    Erlangen University
    Germany
  • Katharine Page
    ORNL
    USA
  • Gwenaëlle Rousse
    University of Marie Curie
    France
  • Oksana Zaharko
    PSI
    Switzerland

Instrument Class Coordinator: Werner Schweika, ESS

Engineering and Imaging STAP
  • Sven Vogel (Chair)
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
    USA
  • Francesco Grazzi
    CNR
    Italy
  • Stephen Hall
    Lund University
    Sweden
  • Nikolay Kardjilov
    Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
    DE
  • Javier Santisteban
    Centro Atómico Bariloche
    Argentina

Instrument Class Coordinator: Robin Woracek, ESS

Macromolecular Crystallography STAP
  • John Helliwell (Chair)
    University of Manchester
    UK
  • Matthew Blakeley
    ILL
    France
  • Derek Logan
    Lund University
    Sweden
  • Nobuo Niimura
    Ibaraki University
    Japan
  • Andreas Ostermann
    TUM
    Germany

Instrument Class Coordinator: Esko Oksanen, ESS

Neutron Spin Echo STAP
  • Georg Ehlers (Chair)
    ORNL
    USA
  • Hitoshi Endo
    J-PARC
    Japan
  • Peter Falus
    ILL
    France
  • Jason Gardner
    ANSTO
    Australia
  • Thomas Keller
    TUM
    Germany
  • Stéphane Longeville
    LLB
    France

Instrument Class Coordinator: Melissa Sharp

Particle Physics STAP
  • William Michael Snow (Chair)
    University of Indiana
    USA
  • Klaus Stefan Kirch
    PSI
    Switzerland
  • Peter Geltenbort
    ILL
    France
  • Valery Nesvizhevsky
    ILL
    France
  • Geoffrey L. Greene
    University of Tennessee / ORNL
    USA
  • Fred Wietfeldt
    Tulane University
    USA

Instrument Class Coordinator: Ken Andersen

Reflectometry STAP
  • Robert Jacobs (Chair)
    Oxford University
    UK
  • Peter Müller-Buschbaum
    TUM
    Germany
  • Frank Heinrich
    Carnegie Mellon University
    USA
  • Kelly Morrison
    Loughborough University
    UK
  • Frank Schreiber
    Tübingen University
    Germany
  • Nina-Juliane Steinke
    ILL
    France

ESS coordinator: Andrew Jackson

Small-Angle Neutron Scattering STAP
  • Anna Sokolova (Chair)
    ANSTO
    Australia
  • Joao Cabral
    Imperial College London
    UK
  • Daniel Clemens
    HZB
    Germany
  • Charles Dewhurst
    ILL
    France
  • Rachel Evans
    Cambridge University
    UK
  • Jonathan White
    PSI
    Switzerland

Instrument Class Coordinator: Andrew Jackson, ESS

Spectroscopy STAP
  • Georg Ehlers (Chair)
    ORNL
    US
  • Masatoshi Arai
    ESS
  • Robert Bewley
    ISIS
    UK
  • Andrew Boothroyd
    University of Oxford
    UK
  • Bernhard Frick
    ILL
    France
  • Timmy Ramirez-Cuesta
    ORNL
    USA
  • Maikel Rheinstädter
    McMaster University
    Canada
  • Monica Jimenez Ruiz
    ILL
    France
  • Astrid Schneidewind
    TUM
    Germany

Instrument Class Coordinator: Pascale Deen, ESS

The ESS Instrument Collaboration Board (ICB) consists of ESS In-Kind Partner representatives from the instrument projects, and is chaired by ESS Director for Science, Andreas Schreyer.

  • Christiane Alba Simionesco
    Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
    France
  • Muhammad Arif
    NIST
    USA
  • Jens Birch
    Linköping University
    Sweden
  • Heloisa Bordallo
    NBI - University of Copenhagen
    Denmark
  • Thomas Brückel
    Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Germany
  • Niels Bech Christensen
    Technical University of Denmark
    Denmark
  • Mogens Christensen
    Aarhus University
    Denmark
  • Stefano Deledda
    Institute for Energy Technology
    Norway
  • Arnaud Desmedt
    Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
    France
  • Bela Farago
    Institut Laue-Langevin
    France
  • Björn Hauback
    Institute of Energy Technology
    Norway
  • Jane Hvolbæk Nielsen
    Technical University of Denmark
    Denmark
  • Ulf Karlsson
    KTH/LiU
    Sweden
  • Sean Langridge
    ISIS
    UK
  • László Rosta
    BNC-Wigner
    Hungary
  • Stephane Longeville
    Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
    France
  • Petr Lukáš
    Nuclear Physics Institute
    Czech Republic
  • Márton Markó
    BNC-Wigner
    Hungary
  • José Luis Martínez
    ESS Bilbao
    Spain
  • Aleksandar Matic
    Chalmers University of Technology
    Sweden
  • Robert McGreevy
    STFC / ISIS
    UK
  • Martin Müller
    Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
    Germany
  • Jürgen Neuhaus
    Technische Universität München
    Germany
  • Niklas Ottosson
    Swedish Research Council (VR)
    Sweden
  • Catherine Pappas
    Delft University of Technology
    The Netherlands
  • Jörg Pieper
    University of Tartu
    Estonia
  • Christian Rüegg
    PSI & UNI
    Switzerland
  • Jan Saroun
    Nuclear Physics Institute ASCR
    Czech Republic
  • Alessandro Triolo
    CNR-ISM
    Italy
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