magtec GmbH

Bahnstrasse 73
67518 Ellerstadt, DE

+49 (6237) 404 20 20

Scientific equipment for basic research and R&D

Inner view of our coating system for inner coating of tubes

Inner view of a UCN guide

NEG coating of standard components

Soller collimators for neutron beams

UCN-Choppers

UCN-guide Y-piece

We develop and manufacture a range of devices for neutron-physical research for thermal, cold and ultra cold neutrons (UCN):

  • Neutron guides for ultra cold neutrons in rectangular shape (up to 300 mm x 300 mm and 1200 mm length) and tubular shape (52 – 120 mm diameter and 1600 mm length)
  • Choppers for Time-Of-Flight- and energy-measurements of ultra-cold neutrons
  • Soller collimators for angular resolution measurements of thermal and cold neutrons

We also offer NEG (non-evaborable getter) Coatings of tubes and parts for UHV applications to achieve vacuum pressures of 10E-11 to 10E-12 mbar.

We are specialists in magnetic field calculations by MC-simulation. We design and fabricate magnetrons of various types for sputtering according to customers requirements with complex geometries.

Our scientific equipment is used in varios experiments at the following institutes:

Selection of publications of experiments using our equipment:

  • A non-depolarizing CuTi neutron supermirror guide for PERC, A. Hollering, N. Rebrova, C. Klauser, Th. Lauer, B. Märkisch, U. Schmidt, Nucl.Instr and Meth. A 1032 (2022)
  • Design of the magnet system of the neutron decay facility PERC, X. Wang, C. Ziener, H. Abele, S. Bodmaier, D. Dubbers, J. Erhart, A. Hollering, E. Jericha, J. Klenke, H. Fillunger, W. Heil, C. Klauser, G. Konrad, M. Lamparth, T. Lauer, M. Klopf, R. Maix, B. Märkisch, W. Mach, H. Mest, D. Moser, A. Pethoukov, L. Raffelt, N. Rebrova, C. Roick, H. Saul, U. Schmidt, T. Soldner, R. Virot, O. Zimmer, EPJ Web Conf. 219 (2019)
  • NEG-Beschichtung, Anmelder: Pfeiffer Vacuum Components & Solutions GmbH
    und Movatec GmbH, Erfinder: Dr. A. Kraft und Dr. T. Lauer, Europäische Pa-
    tentanmeldung 17 728 516.0, (2018)
  • Evaluation of commercial nickel–phosphorus coating for ultracold neutron guides using a pinhole bottling method, R.W. Pattie Jr, E.R. Adamek, T. Brenner, A. Brandt, L.J. Broussard, N.B. Callahan, S.M. Clayton, C. Cude-Woods, S.A. Currie, P. Geltenbort, T.M. Ito,  T. Lauer, C.Y. Liu, J. Majewski, M. Makela, Y. Masuda, C.L. Morris, J.C. Ramsey, D.J. Salvat, A. Saunders, B.A. Zeck, Nucl.Instr and Meth. A (2017)
  • Losses and depolarization of ultracold neutrons on neutron guide and storage materials, V. Bondar, S. Chesnevskaya, M. Daum, B. Franke, P. Geltenbort, L. Göltl, E. Gutsmiedl, J. Karch, M. Kasprzak, G. Kessler, K. Kirch, H.-C. Koch, A. Kraft, T. Lauer, B. Lauss, E. Pierre, G. Pignol, D. Reggiani, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, Yu. Sobolev, T. Zechlau, and G. Zsigmond, Phys. Rev. C 96 (2017)
  • Improved measurement of the neutron absorption cross section for very low velocities, J. Schroffenegger, P. Fierlinger, A. Hollering, P. Geltenbort, T. Lauer, H. Rauch, T. Zechlau, Physics Letters B 752 (2016)
  • A magnetic trap for high-field seeking neutron spin states, Th. Brenner, S. Chesnevskaya, P. Fierlinger, P. Geltenbort, E. Gutsmiedl, T. Lauer, K. Rezai, J. Rothe, T. Zechlau, R. Zou, Physics Letters B 741 (2015)
  • Development of a ³He magnetometer for a neutron electric dipole moment experiment, A. Kraft, H.-C. Koch, M. Daum, W. Heil, T. Lauer, D. Neumann, A.
    Pazgalev, Y. Sobolev, A. Weis, European Physical Journal TI 1:8, (2014)
  • Transmission of ultra-cold neutrons through guides coated with materials of high optical potential, M. Daum, B. Franke, P. Geltenbort, E. Gutsmiedl, S. Ivanov, J. Karch, M. Kasprzak, K. Kirch, A. Kraft, T. Lauer, B. Lauss, A.R. Müller, S. Paul, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, T. Zechlau, G. Zsigmond, Nucl. Instr. And Meth. A 741 (2014)
  • Testing isotropy of the universe using the Ramsey resonance technique on ultracold neutron spins, I. Altarev, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, M. Daum, M. Fertl, P. Fierlinger, B. Franke, E. Gutsmiedl, W. Heil, R. Henneck, M. Horras, N. Khomutov, K. Kirch, S. Kistryn, A. Kraft, A. KnechtP. Knowles, A. Kozela, T. Lauer, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemière, A. Mtchedlishvili, O. NaviliatCuncic, A. Pazgalev, G. Petzoldt, F.M. Piegsa, E. Pierre, G. Pignol, G. Quéméner, M. Rebetez, D. Rebreyend, S. Roccia, P. SchmidtWellenburg, N. Severijns, Yu. Sobolev, A. Weis, J. Zejma, J. Zenner, G. Zsigmond, Physica B 406 (2011)
  • Towards a new measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment, I. Altarev, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, M. Burghoff, M. Cvijovic, M. Daum, P. Fierlinger, E. Gutsmiedl, G. Hampel, W. Heil, R. Henneck, M. Horras, N. Khomutov, K. Kirch, St. Kistryn, S. Knappe-Grüneberg, A. Knecht, P. Knowles, A. Kozela, et al., Nucl. Instr. A. Meth.  A 611 (2009)
  • First production of ultracold neutrons with a solid deuterium source at the pulsed reactor TRIGA Mainz, A. Frei, Yu. Sobolev, I. Altarev, K. Eberhardt, A. Gschrey, E. Gutsmiedl, R. Hackl, G. Hampel, F. J. Hartmann, W. Heil, J. V. Kratz, Th. Lauer, A. Lizon Aguilar, A. R. Müller, S. Paul, Yu. Pokotilovski, W. Schmid, L. Tassini, D. Tortorella, N. Trautmann, U. Trinks and N. Wiehl, Eur. Phys. J. A 34, 119-127 (2007)
  • Characterization of a ballistic supermirror neutron guide, H. Abele, D. Dubbers, H. Häse, M. Klein, A. Knöpfler, M. Kreuz, T. Lauer, B. Märkisch, D. Mund, V. Nesvizhevsky, A. Petoukhov, C. Schmidt, M. Schumann, T. Soldner, Nucl. Instr. A. Meth.  A 562 (2006)