Abstract
SHERPA is a proposed quasielastic neutron spectrometer with polarisation analysis, intended to replace the ageing Iris instrument at the ISIS neutron and muon source. In this paper we present a concept of the instrument along with Monte-Carlo simulations and analysis of possible instrument location. We expect greatly increased count rate compared to Iris (expected from 49 to 660 × Iris) in unpolarised mode and dedicated polarisation analysis capabilities at a more modest count rate increase (~5-70 × Iris). This huge gain in the count rate would be achieved from the combination of three factors: modern neutron guide with high-m coating, and prismatic effect and larger solid angle coverage at the energy analyser. Such an instrument would be the first of its kind and has incredible potential to revolutionise quasielastic neutron scattering technique through the separation of the coherent and incoherent scattering contributions.
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