Neutron Scattering with a Triple-Axis Spectrometer
Neutron Scattering with a Triple-Axis Spectrometer
Stephen M. Shapiro, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
John M. Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
Neutron scattering is an extremely powerful tool in the study of elemental excitations in condensed matter. This book provides a practical guide to basic techniques using a triple-axis spectrometer. Introductory chapters summarize useful scattering formulas and describe the components of a spectrometer, followed by a comprehensive discussion of the resolution function and focusing effects. Later sections include simple examples of phonon and magnon measurements, and an analysis of spurious effects in both inelastic and elastic measurements, and how to avoid them. Finally, polarization analysis techniques and their applications are covered. This guide will allow graduate students and experienced researchers new to neutron scattering to make the most efficient use of their experimental time.
- A reference work on techniques widely used by physicists, chemists and materials scientists
- Includes the concentrated experience of 30 years of using neutron diffraction by three authors from one of the world's most highly regarded laboratories
- Comprehensive description of the resolution function and focusing effects, and of spurious effects and how to avoid them
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'Without a doubt this is a splendid text for aspiring experimenters and experts alike and seems certain to remain so for decades to come.' Comtemporary Physics
Product details
May 2006Paperback
9780521025898
284 pages
243 × 169 × 20 mm
0.457kg
125 b/w illus. 18 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Scattering formulas
- 3. Elements of a three-axis instrument
- 4. Inelastic scattering and the resolution function
- 5. Phonons and magnons
- 6. Spurious peaks
- 7. Bragg diffraction
- 8. Polarized neutrons
- Appendices
- Index.
