title: A route to the brightest possible neutron source?
abstract: We review the potential to develop sources for neutron scattering science and propose that a merger with the rapidly developing field of inertial fusion energy could provide a major step-change in performance. In stark contrast to developments in synchrotron and laser science, the past 40 years have seen only a factor of 10 increase in neutron source brightness. With the advent of thermonuclear ignition in the laboratory, coupled to innovative approaches in how this may be achieved, we calculate that a neutron source three orders of magnitude more powerful than any existing facility can be envisaged on a 20- to 30-year time scale. Such a leap in source power would transform neutron scattering science.
authors.affiliation: Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK. andrew.taylor@rl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bennington
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ansell
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Norreys
authors.forename: Tim
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authors.lastname: Broome
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Findlay
authors.forename: Richard
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authors.lastname: Nelmes