Sentences with phrase «as spallation»

More recently, when U.S. science appeared to be yielding ground to competing nations, ORNL made strategic decisions toward the establishment of state - of - the - art, basic science research facilities such as the Spallation Neutron Source.

Users will be forced to look further afield, to places such as the Spallation Neutron Source, the flagship U.S. neutron beam facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

The first step in understanding a material's crystallographic structure is bombarding a sample of the material with electrons, photons or other subatomic particles, using technology such as the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL or the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

Not exact matches

Spallation as a dominant source of pusher - fuel and hot - spot mix in inertial confinement fusion capsules

A novel technique known as in - situ plasma processing is helping scientists get more neutrons and better data for their experiments at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The project's long - term goal is to help Danish industry make the most of nearby large - scale research facilities such as the European Spallation Source, the MAX IV synchrotron and the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser.

More recently he served as a special adviser of the Norwegian contribution to large international infrastructure programmes such as the European Spallation Source, the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association and the Nordic Optical Telescope.

The researchers hope to obtain valuable insights into the materials» properties using resources at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source such as the POWGEN instrument, SNS beamline 11A.

Eugene Mamontov's background in both basic and applied science has made him a valued partner for scientists who come to the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL in search of a better understanding of the water dynamics in their research — projects as diverse as studying plant cellulose or analyzing nanostructured membranes for desalination.

These lightweight nuclei are probably produced by the breakdown, or spallation, of heavier elements, such as iron and magnesium, by high - energy particles in stellar atmospheres or in the early stages of star formation.

They will do this by building a Second Target Station as an addition to the current Spallation Neutron Source and the existing First Target Station.

The research team — including Anibal Ramirez - Cuesta, Luke Daemen, and Yongqiang Cheng of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as Timothy Jenkins and Craig Brown of the National Institute of Standards and Technology — used spectroscopic tools, including the state - of - the - art inelastic neutron spectrometer called VISION at the Spallation Neutron Source, to examine the atomic - level dynamics of a special kind of molecular structure called a clathrate.