This work covers in some detail the application of neutron scattering to different fields of physics, materials science, chemistry, biology, the earth sciences and engineering. Its goal is to enable researchers in a particular area to identify aspects of their work in which neutron scattering techniques might contribute, conceive the important experiments to be done, assess what is required to carry them out, write a successful proposal for one of the major user facilities, and perform the experiments under the guidance of the appropriate instrument scientist. The authors of the various chapters take account of the advances in experimental techniques over the past 25 years--for example, neutron reflectivity and spin-echo spectroscopy and techniques for probing the dynamics of complex materials and biological systems. Furthermore, with the third-generation spallation sources recently constructed in the United States and Japan and in the advanced planning stage in Europe, there is an increasing interest in time-of-flight techniques and short wavelengths. Correspondingly, the improved performance of cold moderators at both reactors and spallation sources has extended the long-wavelength capabilities. Chapter authors are pre-eminent in their field Seminal experiments are presented as examples Provides guidance on how to plan, execute and analyse experiments

Neutron scattering - fundamentals

Fernandez-Alonso, Felix, editor; Price, David L. (David Long), 1940- editor

Elsevier Science & Technology Books

Academic Press, Incorporated

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

Acad. Press, Elsevier

Brooks/Cole

Experimental methods in the physical sciences, Place of publication not identified, 2013

Experimental methods in the physical sciences, 44, Amsterdam, 2013

United States, United States of America

1, 2013

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<p>This work covers in some detail the application of neutron scattering to different fields of physics, materials science, chemistry, biology, the earth sciences and engineering. Its goal is to enable researchers in a particular area to identify aspects of their work in which neutron scattering techniques might contribute, conceive the important experiments to be done, assess what is required to carry them out, write a successful proposal for one of the major user facilities, and perform the experiments under the guidance of the appropriate instrument scientist.</p> <p>The authors of the various chapters take account of the advances in experimental techniques over the past 25 years--for example, neutron reflectivity and spin-echo spectroscopy and techniques for probing the dynamics of complex materials and biological systems. Furthermore, with the third-generation spallation sources recently constructed in the United States and Japan and in the advanced planning stage in Europe, there is an increasing interest in time-of-flight techniques and short wavelengths. Correspondingly, the improved performance of cold moderators at both reactors and spallation sources has extended the long-wavelength capabilities.</p><br><br><ul><li>Chapter authors are pre-eminent in their field</li><li>Seminal experiments are presented as examples</li><li>Provides guidance on how to plan, execute and analyse experiments</li></ul>

xxiii, 545 pages : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
An introduction to neutron scattering / David L. Price and Felix Fernandez-Alonso -- Neutron sources / Francisco J. Bermejo and Fernando Sordo -- Experimental techniques / Masatoshi Arai -- Structure of complex materials / Silvia C. Capelli -- Large-scale structures / Jeffrey Penfold and Ian M. Tucker -- Dynamics of atoms and molecules / Mark R. Johnson and Gordon J. Kearley -- Appendix: Neutron scattering lengths and cross sections / Javier Dawidowski, José R. Granada, Javier R. Santisteban, Florencia Cantargi, and Luis A. Rodríguez Palomino

2023-06-28