The advent of higher flux neutron sources has made the use of sample changers appropriate across the instrument suites at neutron scattering facilities. We examine the efficiency, design, and operation of two sample changers used at the thermal chopper spectrometers at the Spallation Neutron Source. We also present case studies of sample holders designed to accommodate multiple single crystal or powder samples for the Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source. [This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).]
Stone, Matthew B., et al. "Sample changers for direct geometry neutron chopper spectrometers." Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, Aug. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17049-3
Stone, Matthew B., Granroth, Garrett E., Pajerowski, Daniel M., Abernathy, Douglas L., Conner, David L., DeBeer-Schmitt, Lisa, Fanelli, Victor R., Goyette, Richard, Kolesnikov, Alexander I., Mills, Rebecca, Odom, Mary, Podlesnyak, Andrey A., Schmitt, Christopher, Sherline, Todd E., Solomon, Landon, & Wenzel, John F. (2025). Sample changers for direct geometry neutron chopper spectrometers. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17049-3
Stone, Matthew B., Granroth, Garrett E., Pajerowski, Daniel M., et al., "Sample changers for direct geometry neutron chopper spectrometers," Scientific Reports 15, no. 1 (2025), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17049-3
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author = {Stone, Matthew B. and Granroth, Garrett E. and Pajerowski, Daniel M. and Abernathy, Douglas L. and Conner, David L. and DeBeer-Schmitt, Lisa and Fanelli, Victor R. and Goyette, Richard and Kolesnikov, Alexander I. and Mills, Rebecca and others},
title = {Sample changers for direct geometry neutron chopper spectrometers},
annote = {The advent of higher flux neutron sources has made the use of sample changers appropriate across the instrument suites at neutron scattering facilities. We examine the efficiency, design, and operation of two sample changers used at the thermal chopper spectrometers at the Spallation Neutron Source. We also present case studies of sample holders designed to accommodate multiple single crystal or powder samples for the Cold Neutron Chopper Spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source. [This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).]},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-025-17049-3},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3002892},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
issn = {ISSN 2045-2322},
number = {1},
volume = {15},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
year = {2025},
month = {08}}
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