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Science & Instruments

The goal of scientific excellence drives the European Spallation Source project. At the heart of the ESS scientific user programme is the ESS instrument suite, together with sample environment equipment, user labs and data analysis support.

Instruments for ESS and their support infrastructure are under construction with a high level of community involvement through in-kind and collaboration, ensuring a long-term connection to the neutron science community and engagement with the users of tomorrow.

On these pages, the work to build the instrument suite and the supporting infrastructure is demonstrated, along with the technological research and development projects enabling these next-generation neutron instruments to maximise the scientific potential of the ESS facility. The staggering range of science areas that will benefit from ESS is highlighted, with examples of the current science being done with neutrons.

Science Using Neutrons

The development of the European Spallation Source is driven by the research needs of the European scientific community.

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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.

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Data Management & Software Centre

The Data Management and Software Centre (DMSC) is responsible for Scientific Computing and Scientific Data Management at the European Spallation Source. DMSC is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Instrument Technologies

The Instrument Technologies Division provides the technological tools required for the design, construction and operation of the neutron instruments at ESS.

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Science Support Systems

The Scientific Activities Division will provide ESS Science Support Systems that include sample environment equipment, scientific laboratories and a future user office.

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Workshops & Facilities

ESS maintains a number of facilities for R&D, including workshops in Lund, test beamlines in Germany and Norway, and a thin films coating facility in Linköping.

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The Science Directorate is responsible for delivering the instruments and the scientific infrastructure needed for ESS to become a vibrant scientific hub in the years to come.

The Director for Science is Dr Giovanna Fragneto.