Polarized 3He Neutron Spin Filters

Sno, William Michael

doi:10.2172/1234454

Title: Polarized ³He Neutron Spin Filters

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The goal of this grant to Indiana University and subcontractors at Hamilton College and Wisconsin and the associated Interagency Agreement with NIST was to extend the technique of polarized neutron scattering by the development and application of polarized ³He-based neutron spin filters. This effort was blessed with long-term support from the DOE Office of Science, which started in 2003 and continued until the end of a final no-cost extension of the last 3-year period of support in 2013. The steady support from the DOE Office of Science for this long-term development project was essential to its eventual success. Further ³He neutron spin filter development is now sited at NIST and ORNL.

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Sno, William Michael ^[1]

Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Contributing Org.:: University of Wisconsin; Hamilton College

OSTI Identifier:: 1234454

Report Number(s):: DOE-IU-46093

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-03ER46093

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; neutron scattering; neutron polarizers; polarized 3He; spin exchange optical pumping; neutron optics

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