Expected Performance of the VENUS Instrument
| Beam Spectrum | Epithermal, Thermal, Cold |
| Moderator | H2 decoupled poisoned (sharpest pulse at the SNS) |
| Wavelength bandwidth | ~2.4 Å (Time-Of-Flight mode) |
| Spatial resolution | ~100 microns |
| Resolution Δd/d | 0.12 % |
| Source-to-detector distance | 25 m |
| Sample-to-detector distance | A few mm to tens of cm (as needed for magnification) |
| Detection system and resolution | Cameras (CCD) and Micro-Channel Plate detector |
| Flux on sample (n/s/cm2) | 1 × 107 in TOF mode 1 × 108 in white beam mode |
| Field of View | Up to 20 cm × 20 cm in 2D imaging |
