Simulations of neutron deceleration in a multistage UCN turbine using a multilayer monochromator

A neutron turbine is a neutron decelerator with neutron reflectors on a rotor. The multistage neutron turbine using multilayer monochromators has three rotors to decelerate very cold neutrons to ultra-cold neutrons. Reflecting blades on the rotors are flat and the incident direction of neutrons is perpendicular to the mirror surface. The use of a multistage turbine makes the incident velocity to be about 150 m/s which is faster than the existing neutron turbines and the three rotors make the velocity change smaller in one stage than the Doppler shifter employing Bragg reflection. It simultaneously improves the neutron extraction efficiency from a cold neutron source and the neutron deceleration. The peak deceleration efficiency assuming unit reflectivity in this three-stage turbine is about 0.71 from 150 m/s to UCN, and that of the final stage is about 0.81 from 50 m/s to UCN.