Final Report Summary - ISIS TS2 (ISIS Target Station 2) Neutron scattering is a unique and method for of studying the properties of materials at the atomic level. Neutron scattering experiments reveal where atoms are and what they are doing, enabling the spacing of atoms and the forces between them to be measured. Innovations in technique and improved instrument performance over the last twenty years have made a huge contribution to our understanding of materials, and the number of disciplines where neutron scattering has made an impact has steadily increased. The'ISIS Second Target Station' (ISIS TS2) project offered unique instrumentation and unrivalled potential for structural and dynamical studies of matter, using cold neutrons and high resolution spectroscopy. Such studies were interdisciplinary and will open up new opportunities in technologically significant areas, particularly in the fields of soft condensed matter, bio-molecular science, advanced materials and nanoscale science. The ISIS TS2 project can be defined in terms of two major objectives: - Construction, commissioning and initial operation of the ISIS Second Target Station including buildings and services, extracted proton beam, target station and moderators. This objective was considered achieved when the accelerator has delivered 1000 µA hours of proton beam to the target with the moderators operating at cryogenic temperatures. This part of the project was fully funded by the UK government. - Construction and commissioning of seven instruments on ISIS Target Station 2. Complete descriptions of all the instruments are available at http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/targetstation2/instruments. This objective is considered to be achieved when at least six of these instruments are operating for experiments for external users and scheduled in the normal ISIS user programme, and the seventh is in the commissioning stage. The funding for instrumentation requested from the EU in this proposal was equivalent to approximately one of these instruments. Funding equivalent to the other six instruments was guaranteed by the UK government and other international collaborations. Related documents Final Report - ISIS TS2 (ISIS Target Station 2)
