World class Science and Innovation with Neutrons in Europe 2020 – SINE2020
Coordinator
Technology Strategy Board ; CONSORCIO PARA LA CONSTRUCCION, EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACION DE LA SEDE ESPANOLA DE LA FUENTE EUROPEA DE NEUTRONES POR ESPALACION ; LABORATORIO DE INSTRUMENTACAO E FISICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTICULAS LIP ; EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ERIC ; USTAV JADERNE FYZIKY AV CR ; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL ; Paul Scherrer Institute ; Technical University Munich ; Institut Max Von Laue–Paul Langevin ; University of Parma ; Delft University of Technology ; Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie ; ENERGIATUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT ; Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission ; Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung ; EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ESS AB ; IT University of Copenhagen ; Technical University of Denmark ; AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS ; Forschungszentrum Jülich
Grant period
2015-10-01 - 2019-09-30
Funding body
European Union
Call number
H2020-INFRADEV-1-2014-1
Grant number
654000
Identifier
G:(EU-Grant)654000
Note: Today’s society is being transformed by new materials and processes. Analytical techniques underpin their development and neutrons, with their unique properties, play a pivotal role in a multi-disciplinary, knowledge-based approach. Industry and the neutron research community must however work together more closely to enhance their innovation potential.
Neutrons are only available at large scale facilities (LSF’s), presenting specific challenges for outreach. National and European initiatives have combined to create a user community of almost 10000, mainly academia-based users, which is supported by an ecosystem of about 10, often world-class national facilities and the European facility, the Institute Laue Langevin. Europe leads neutron science and is investing almost 2B€ in the European Spallation Source (ESS), its construction, like Horizon 2020, spanning the period 2014-2020.
SINE2020, world-class Science and Innovation with Neutrons in Europe in 2020, is therefore a project with two objectives; preparing Europe for the unique opportunities at ESS in 2020 and developing the innovation potential of neutron LSF’s.
Common services underpin the European research area for neutrons. New and improved services will be developed in SINE2020, by the LSF’s and partners in 13 countries, in a holistic approach including outreach, samples, instrumentation and software. These services are the key to integrating ESS in the European neutron ecosystem, ensuring scientific success from day one. They are also the basis for facilitating direct use of neutron LSF’s by industry. Particular emphasis is placed on the industry consultancy, which will reach out to industry and develop a business model for direct, industry use of LSF’s in 2020, and data treatment, exploiting a game-changing opportunity at LSF’s to adopt a common software approach in the production of scientific results.
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