Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC) Resources
- Activity Reports
- History and Performance Assessments
- Publication List
- Archived webpages
- User Experiment Reports
Activity Reports
History and Performance Assessments
- Study of CNBC Performance and Impacts – (Strapolec, 2019) This study was commissioned by the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC) to analyse and summarize the benefits that materials research using neutron beams at the CNBC has offered to Canada’s academic communities and industries. The study found that the CNBC was a key element of Canada’s research infrastructure that supports its innovation economy and was competitive with international neutron beam facilities. The CNBC’s user community was well-distributed across Canada, and it enabled these users to make greater scientific impacts; it was used by a high proportion of Canada Research Chair holders and was rated Canada’s most valuable research asset by international scientific experts. Researchers who used the CNBC attracted a high proportion of collaborative industry research dollars from a broad cross-section of Canada’s industries that invest in R&D. The CNBC was an engine of supply of highly qualified people, enhancing university training and inspiring students to pursue greater educational achievements leading to careers in Canada’s academic, industrial manufacturing, and scientific R&D sectors where their skills are needed most.
- Bibliometric study on CNBC’s scientific publications 1980-2017 – (Science-Metrix, 2018) This study was commissioned by the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC) to analyze citations of papers arising from access to CNBC. The study found that the CNBC’s performance between 1980 and 2017 can be described as a steady output of papers of a high quality that incrementally improved over time. The scientific impact was well above world average and is competitive both with other Canadian facilities for materials research, and with neutron beam facilities abroad.
- Canada’s Neutron Source, the NRU reactor, closes – (CNBC, 2018) An overview of the history of neutron scattering at Chalk River published in Neutron News.
- 70 years of scientific impact using neutron beams at the Chalk River Laboratories – (CNBC, CINS, 2019) This paper summarizes CNBC history and performance from a bibliographic perspective. It also reports a bibliometric analysis of the use of neutron scattering data among all Canadians, regardless of where the data was taken. The results provide a useful metric of the size of the Canadian neutron scattering community. The supplementary material referenced in the paper is available here. The supplementary material includes data, python scripts, and a discussion of possible refinements to the search methods.
- 70 Years of Neutron Scattering in Canada – (CAP, 2018) This special issue of Physics in Canada reviews the history of neutron scattering in Canada, overviews present research areas, and discusses initiatives for the future.
- Report on the Contribution of Nuclear S&T to Innovation – (KPMG, 2014) This study for Natural Resources Canada includes a strong focus on materials research enabled by nuclear technologies including neutron beams. It finds that the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC) and its user community compares favorably with other large science facilities in Canada, by impacting a broad cross-section of industry. It examined data from the 2006 CCA assessment of S&T in Canada, showing that the CNBC received the highest ranking by international experts of any of Canada’s large research facilities (p67).
Publication List
The CNBC publication list reports over 2300 papers and reports arising from the CNBC and its predecessors at Chalk River since 1949. The list seeks to include all staff publications, or user publications that report analysis of data obtained from the CNBC.
Archived Webpages
Former webpages of the CNBC describing the beamlines and the process to get beam time are archived as pdf files available here.
User Experiment Reports
Prior to 2016, the users of the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre were requested to submit a brief report following their beam time allocations. These reports were not subjected to review, nor were they intended to replace any form of scientific publication.
2015
The following are reports received in 2015.
Materials Science and Engineering
Quantum Materials
Polarized neutron diffraction on NaFeAs
Yu Song, Zahra Yamani, and Pengcheng Dai
CNBC-2015-QM-1
Soft Materials
Structures and Dynamics
Thin Films
2014
The following are reports received in 2014.
Materials Science and Engineering
Quantum Materials
Phonon Softening in BaFe2As2
Chetan Dhital, Zahra Yamani, Stephen Wilson
CNBC-2014-QM-2
Soft Materials
Structures and Dynamics
Thin Films
2013
The following are reports received after March 1, 2013.
Materials Science and Engineering
Quantum Materials
Spin dynamics in Sr3Ir2O7
Chetan Dhital, Zahra Yamani, and Stephen Wilson
CNBC-2013-QM-1
Soft Materials
Structures and Dynamics
Magnetic Scattering in BaYFeO4
Corey Thompson and John E. Greedan
CNBC-2013-SD-5
Crystal and Magnetic Structure of Ba2CaOsO6
Corey Thompson and John E. Greedan
CNBC-2013-SD-6
Thin Films
2012
2010-2011
The NRU reactor was shutdown from May 2009 to August 2010 for repairs, during which period there were no neutron beams. Thus, the call for reports from beam time allocations in both 2010 and 2011 was issued by CNBC in January 2012.
Materials Science and Engineering
Quantum Materials
Soft Materials
Structures and Dynamics
Thin Films
Magnetism of a HoN thin film
S. Brück, D. Cortie, J. Brown, F. Klose, and J. Downes
CNBC-2011-TF-2
2009
The NRU reactor was shutdown from May 2009 to August 2010 for repairs, during which period there were no neutron beams. Thus, fewer experimental reports were produced in 2009 compared to previous years.
Condensed Matter Structures
Materials Science and Engineering
Fission Chamber Calibration Tests at NRU
R. Hutanu
CNBC-2009-MS-3
Quantum Materials
Soft Materials
2008
Quantum Materials
Materials Science and Engineering
Soft Materials
The biological role of Vitamin E
D. Marquardt, T. A. Harroun, S. R. Wassall and J. Atkinson
Condensed Matter Structures
Mounting Powder Samples for Sub-Kelvin Neutron Diffraction
D. H. Ryan and I. P. Swainson
Tilt Modes in the Relaxor PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3
C. Stock and I.P. Swainson
Crystal & Magnetic Structure of the Brownmillerite Ca2FeMnO5
J. E. Greedan and F. Ramezanipour
Magnetic structure of Dy5Ni0.69Bi2.31
V. Svitlyk, L. M. D. Cranswick, and Y. Mozharivskyj
Thin Films and Surfaces
2007
Quantum Materials
Magnetic Excitations in CoO
Z. Yamani, W.J.L. Buyers, D. Prabhakaran, and R.A. Cowley
Materials Science and Engineering
In-Situ Texture Evolution of Ni49.2Mn29.6Ga21.1 with Annealing Temperature
R. Hutanu
Soft Materials
Condensed Matter Structures
Structure determination of the novel borate oxide, SrBi2OB4O9
J. Barbier and L.M.D. Cranswick
Investigation of the Magnetic Structure of FeCrAs
W. Wu, A. McCollam, S. Julian, and I. Swainson