The Cryogenic Instrumentation Research Lab is a facility based at the
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh,
dedicated to developing improved methods of constructing cryogenic
instrumentation. It is part of the
TEOPS (Technology for Experimental and Observational Physics in
Scotland) scheme. This links groups in Edinburgh and Glasgow
developing leading edge technology for gravitational wave detection,
astronomy and particle physics. Our emphasis is on the needs of
instrumentation in these fields, but the results are applicable to
other areas of scientific research and to industrial applications.
Our main interest is in the properties of materials at temperatures
down to 4 K and even lower, since the current lack of information in
this area is a severe limitation in constructing advanced cryogenic
instruments. We support existing projects in the TEOPS groups and
externally, as well as carrying out a more speculative programme of
research towards future instruments. Recently we have carried out
measurements to support
the SCUBA-2
astronomical instrument,
the MIRI
instrument for the James Webb
Space Telescope (JWST), and
the ISIS neutron source.
If you are interested in a
collaboration, or would like us to carry out work on a contract basis,
please contact Adam
Woodcraft.
The CIRL is funded by SUPA, the
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, with further support from the
UK Astronomy
Technology Centre.
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