The ESS as a gateway to applied science

by Dr Christine Darve (European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden)

Monday 21 Jan 2013, 15:00 → 16:00 Europe/Rome

131 (INFN)

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a multi-disciplinary research centre under design and construction in Lund, Sweden. This new facility is funded by a collaboration of 17 European countries and is expected to be up to 30 times brighter than today's leading facilities and neutron sources. The ESS will enable new opportunities for researchers in the fields of life sciences, energy, environmental technology, cultural heritage and fundamental physics. A 5 MW, 2.5 MeV long pulse proton accelerator is used to reach this goal. This presentation introduces the ESS project, its accelerator, its scientific applications and examples of this unique organization open-mind vision.

Slides CD_INFN_Pisa.pdf