ess instrument layout model

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.

At the European Spallation Source (ESS), fifteen specialised scientific instruments are currently being installed. Each instrument is designed to capture specific types of scientific data.

These versatile instruments are designed to support the research needs of diverse scientific communities. This collaborative effort involves expertise from across Europe and around the world, resulting in instruments with the potential to offer novel insights into complex scientific challenges.

The 15 instruments have been selected to span a broad range of experimental techniques and scientific fields. Anticipated to join the ESS user programme in the later part of the 2020s, they promise to enhance scientific understanding.

Future plans include expanding the instrument suite to 22, presenting additional scientific opportunities at ESS.

Diffraction


DREAM 

Bispectral Powder Diffractometer

HEIMDAL

Hybrid Diffractometer

MAGIC

Magnetism Single-Crystal Diffractometer

NMX

Macromolecular Diffractometer

Engineering & Industrial


BEER

Engineering Diffractometer

ODIN

Multi-Purpose Imaging

Large-Scale Structures


ESTIA

Focusing Reflectometer

FREIA

Liquids Reflectometer

LOKI

Broadband SANS

SKADI

General Purpose SANS

Spectroscopy


BIFROST

Extreme Environment Spectrometer

CSPEC

Cold Chopper Spectrometer

MIRACLES

Backscattering Spectrometer

T-REX

Bispectral Chopper Spectrometer

VESPA

Vibrational Spectrometer

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
  • Gwenaëlle Rousse
    Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
    France
  • Manuel Angst
    Jülich Research Center
    Germany
  • Reinhard Neder
    Erlangen University
    Germany
  • Helen Playford
    STFC
    UK
  • Martin Sahlberg
    Uppsala University
    Sweden

ESS 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
  • Mark Daymond
    Queens University
    US

ESS coordinator: Andrew Jackson, 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
  • Leighton Coates
    ORNL
    US
  • Kazuo Kurihara
    Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    Japan

ESS coordinator: Esko Oksanen, ESS

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
  • Andreas Michels
    Luxemburg University
    Luxemburg

ESS coordinator: Thomas Arnold

Spectroscopy STAP
  • Georg Ehlers (Chair)
    ORNL
    US
  • Masatoshi Arai
    ESS
  • Andrew Boothroyd
    University of Oxford
    UK
  • Markus Appel
    ILL
    France
  • Monica Jimenez Ruiz
    ILL
    France
  • Astrid Schneidewind
    TUM
    Germany

ESS coordinator: Pascale Deen, ESS

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

ESS coordinator: Thomas Arnold, ESS

Fundamental and Particle Physics STAP
  • Raimund Strauß
    TUM
    Germany
  • Claes Fahlander
    Lund University
    Sweden
  • Marcel Demarteau
    ORNL
    US
  • Stephanie Roccia
    LPSC
    France
  • Wolfram Korten
    CEA
    France

ESS coordinator: Valentina Santoro, 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.

  • 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