HRPD-X; a proposed upgrade to the ISIS High-Resolution Powder Diffractometer

Issue title: ICANS-XXIII, hosted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Neutron Sciences Directorate

Guest editors: Kenneth W. Herwig and Erik B. Iverson

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Fortes, A.D.^{; *} | Gibbs, A.S.

Affiliations: ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK. E-mails: dominic.fortes@stfc.ac.uk, alexandra.gibbs@stfc.ac.uk

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: dominic.fortes@stfc.ac.uk.

Abstract: HRPD-X is a proposal to completely replace the current high-resolution powder diffractometer (HRPD) at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. The new instrument is expected to deliver a factor of four increase in solid-angle coverage. Taking advantage of new detector technology and coupled with a non-magnetic sample tank and improved incident- and diffracted-beam collimation, the new instrument will substantially improve HRPD’s scientific capabilities to study magnetic structures and behaviour, high-pressure phenomena and supramolecular structures whilst strengthening its performance in already-established areas.

Keywords: High-resolution, neutron, powder diffraction, upgrade, ISIS

DOI: 10.3233/JNR-190130

Journal: Journal of Neutron Research, vol. 22, no. 2-3, pp. 91-98, 2020