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China's first pulsed neutron source

The China Spallation Neutron Source is expected to produce its first beam in 2017. Hesheng Chen and Xun-Li Wang provide an overview of this user facility and what it means for science in China and elsewhere.

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Figure 1: Aerial photo of the China Spallation Neutron Source taken in April 2016.

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Chen, H., Wang, XL. China's first pulsed neutron source. Nature Mater 15, 689–691 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4655

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