Proposal for a new spectrometer at ESS: Njord and Remora

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Auteurs principaux: Fogh, E., Amin, N. L., Tucker, G. S., Aouane, M., Georgii, R., Voigt, J., Toft-Petersen, R.
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Publié: 2026
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author Fogh, E.
Amin, N. L.
Tucker, G. S.
Aouane, M.
Georgii, R.
Voigt, J.
Toft-Petersen, R.
author_facet Fogh, E.
Amin, N. L.
Tucker, G. S.
Aouane, M.
Georgii, R.
Voigt, J.
Toft-Petersen, R.
contents Many of the most interesting scientific subjects are also the hardest to study with neutrons. Metal-organic frameworks, organic superconductors, quantum magnets, pressure-tuned materials, are systems where the relevant signals are weak, the samples are tiny, or the experiments need extreme sample environments such as pressure cells and high-field cryomagnets. Existing instruments often run into practical limits before the science is exhausted. For some questions the samples are simply too small; for others, the signal is buried in background or the required measurement time becomes prohibitive. This is both a scientific opportunity and a challenge for the European neutron scattering community. We present Njord and Remora as a paired instrument concept for the European Spallation Source (ESS). The proposal focuses on two linked problems: important science cases are being limited by neutron flux and sample geometry, and the community also needs more beamtime. Njord addresses the first by pushing the available brightness into a tightly focused beam, while Remora uses the remaining spectral window to add a complementary spectrometer on the same beamport.
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spellingShingle Proposal for a new spectrometer at ESS: Njord and Remora
Fogh, E.
Amin, N. L.
Tucker, G. S.
Aouane, M.
Georgii, R.
Voigt, J.
Toft-Petersen, R.
Instrumentation and Detectors
Many of the most interesting scientific subjects are also the hardest to study with neutrons. Metal-organic frameworks, organic superconductors, quantum magnets, pressure-tuned materials, are systems where the relevant signals are weak, the samples are tiny, or the experiments need extreme sample environments such as pressure cells and high-field cryomagnets. Existing instruments often run into practical limits before the science is exhausted. For some questions the samples are simply too small; for others, the signal is buried in background or the required measurement time becomes prohibitive. This is both a scientific opportunity and a challenge for the European neutron scattering community. We present Njord and Remora as a paired instrument concept for the European Spallation Source (ESS). The proposal focuses on two linked problems: important science cases are being limited by neutron flux and sample geometry, and the community also needs more beamtime. Njord addresses the first by pushing the available brightness into a tightly focused beam, while Remora uses the remaining spectral window to add a complementary spectrometer on the same beamport.
title Proposal for a new spectrometer at ESS: Njord and Remora
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11383