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The Neutron Imaging Instrument CONRAD—Post-Operational Review

The neutron imaging instrument CONRAD was operated as a part of the user program of the research reactor BER-II at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) from 2005 to 2020. The instrument was designed to use the neutron flux from the cold source of the reactor, transported by a curved neutron guide. The pur...

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Autores principales: Kardjilov, Nikolay, Manke, Ingo, Hilger, André, Arlt, Tobias, Bradbury, Robert, Markötter, Henning, Woracek, Robin, Strobl, Markus, Treimer, Wolfgang, Banhart, John
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34460582
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7010011
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author Kardjilov, Nikolay
Manke, Ingo
Hilger, André
Arlt, Tobias
Bradbury, Robert
Markötter, Henning
Woracek, Robin
Strobl, Markus
Treimer, Wolfgang
Banhart, John
author_facet Kardjilov, Nikolay
Manke, Ingo
Hilger, André
Arlt, Tobias
Bradbury, Robert
Markötter, Henning
Woracek, Robin
Strobl, Markus
Treimer, Wolfgang
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description The neutron imaging instrument CONRAD was operated as a part of the user program of the research reactor BER-II at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) from 2005 to 2020. The instrument was designed to use the neutron flux from the cold source of the reactor, transported by a curved neutron guide. The pure cold neutron spectrum provided a great advantage in the use of different neutron optical components such as focusing lenses and guides, solid-state polarizers, monochromators and phase gratings. The flexible setup of the instrument allowed for implementation of new methods including wavelength-selective, dark-field, phase-contrast and imaging with polarized neutrons. In summary, these developments helped to attract a large number of scientists and industrial customers, who were introduced to neutron imaging and subsequently contributed to the expansion of the neutron imaging community.
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spelling pubmed-83212422021-08-26 The Neutron Imaging Instrument CONRAD—Post-Operational Review Kardjilov, Nikolay Manke, Ingo Hilger, André Arlt, Tobias Bradbury, Robert Markötter, Henning Woracek, Robin Strobl, Markus Treimer, Wolfgang Banhart, John J Imaging Review The neutron imaging instrument CONRAD was operated as a part of the user program of the research reactor BER-II at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) from 2005 to 2020. The instrument was designed to use the neutron flux from the cold source of the reactor, transported by a curved neutron guide. The pure cold neutron spectrum provided a great advantage in the use of different neutron optical components such as focusing lenses and guides, solid-state polarizers, monochromators and phase gratings. The flexible setup of the instrument allowed for implementation of new methods including wavelength-selective, dark-field, phase-contrast and imaging with polarized neutrons. In summary, these developments helped to attract a large number of scientists and industrial customers, who were introduced to neutron imaging and subsequently contributed to the expansion of the neutron imaging community. MDPI 2021-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8321242/ /pubmed/34460582 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7010011 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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Manke, Ingo
Hilger, André
Arlt, Tobias
Bradbury, Robert
Markötter, Henning
Woracek, Robin
Strobl, Markus
Treimer, Wolfgang
Banhart, John
The Neutron Imaging Instrument CONRAD—Post-Operational Review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321242/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7010011
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