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Title: The National Institute of Standards and Technology Cold Neutron Research Facility and magnetic neutron scattering (invited)

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.345934· OSTI ID:6944430
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  1. Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 (USA)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has under development a major Cold Neutron Research Facility which, upon completion, will make available approximately 15 new neutron-scattering instruments located on neutron guides on the reactor cold source. This facility, which includes the National Science Foundation Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering, will be operated as a user facility, which is open via a proposal system to all scientists. This paper briefly reviews the types of cold neutron instruments that have particular relevance to magnetic problems. A discussion is given of neutron scattering from magnetic systems with examples of problems appropriate for the enhanced energy and wave-vector resolution of cold-source instruments. Included is a review of new experimental results and techniques that will be available, including reflectometry and grazing-angle diffraction, as well as more conventional techniques such as triple-axis inelastic scattering, small-angle scattering, and time-of-flight spectroscopy.

OSTI ID:
6944430
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics; (USA), Vol. 67:9; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English