@article{77678ea73be248ae8b8d598b8f7b8fcb,
title = "An apparatus for the investigation of solid D2 with respect to ultra-cold neutron sources",
abstract = "Solid deuterium (sD2) is a favourite converter material for the production of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) in the next generation of UCN sources. In order to investigate sD2 properties relevant for this purpose, an apparatus for the preparation and characterization of ortho-D2 crystals has been built. It will be used for measurements of neutron transmission and scattering cross-sections as well as irradiation experiments with simultaneous optical control of the target conditions. The present paper describes the main components of the apparatus, i.e. the cryogenic optical D2 cell, the gas system, the optical photography system and the Raman spectroscopy system.",
keywords = "Rotational Raman spectroscopy, Solid deuterium, Ultra-cold neutrons",
author = "K. Bodek and {Van Den Brandt}, B. and T. Bry{\'s} and M. Daum and P. Fierlinger and P. Geltenbort and M. Giersch and P. Hautle and R. Henneck and M. Kasprzak and K. Kirch and Konter, {J. A.} and G. K{\"u}hne and M. Ku{\'z}niak and K. Mishima and A. Pichlmaier and D. R{\"a}tz and A. Serebrov and J. Zmeskal",
note = "Funding Information: This work was performed at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland. We acknowledge the great technical support especially of W. Arrigoni, P. Baldinger, J. B{\"o}hler, A. Furter, Z. Hochmann, R. Knecht, K. Kohlik, H. Meier, M. M{\"u}ller, P. Ruettimann, P. Schoch, P. Schurter, M. Strittmatter. We benefit from fruitful discussions on neutron scattering, P. Vontobel about image processing and acknowledge the support of S. Ritt and R. Schmidt in connection with the MSCB system [17] . Financial support of the ETH-Rat (Reserve f{\"u}r Lehre und Forschung) as well as of the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant 2100-067840.02) is acknowledged.",
year = "2004",
month = nov,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1016/S0168-9002(04)01562-1",
language = "English",
volume = "533",
pages = "491--504",
journal = "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment",
issn = "0168-9002",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "3",
}