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    Neutron scattering, the irregular dispersal of free neutrons by matter, can refer to either the naturally occurring physical process itself or to the man-made...
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    Neutron diffraction or elastic neutron scattering is the application of neutron scattering to the determination of the atomic and/or magnetic structure...
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    Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is an experimental technique that uses elastic neutron scattering at small scattering angles to investigate the...
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  • The interference effects in coherent scattering can be computed via the coherent scattering length of neutrons, being proportional to the amplitude of...
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    utilized in radiocarbon dating. Cold, thermal and hot neutron radiation is most commonly used in scattering and diffraction experiments, to assess the properties...
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  • Quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) designates a limiting case of inelastic neutron scattering, characterized by energy transfers being small compared...
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    neutrons. Cold, thermal, and hot neutron radiation is commonly employed in neutron scattering facilities for neutron diffraction, small-angle neutron...
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    and neutron scattering inside nuclear reactors. The types of non-uniformities which can cause scattering, sometimes known as scatterers or scattering centers...
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    occur is for the neutron to be ejected by the nucleus. If the neutron is emitted immediately, it acts the same as in other scattering events. The nucleus...
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    number of collisions with nuclei (scattering) in a medium (neutron moderator) at this temperature, those neutrons which are not absorbed reach about...
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    reaching the detector. Inelastic neutron scattering observes the change in the energy and wavevector of the neutron as it scatters from a sample. This can be...
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    scattering factor, is a measure of the scattering amplitude of a wave by an isolated atom. The atomic form factor depends on the type of scattering,...
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    material called a moderator. The probability of scattering of a neutron from a nucleus is given by the scattering cross section. The first few collisions with...
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    Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor (category Neutron facilities)
    Bragg Institute's park of neutron scattering instruments. Neutron guide The instrument is located on the TG1 thermal neutron guide of the OPAL reactor...
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    the world. Neutron scattering allows scientists to count scattered neutrons, measure their energies and the angles at which they scatter, and map their...
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    United Kingdom. It uses the techniques of muon spectroscopy and neutron scattering to probe the structure and dynamics of condensed matter on a microscopic...
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    terms (absorption, out-scattering, and leakage) and the source terms (in-scatter and fission) are proportional to the neutron flux, contrasting with fixed-source...
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    inelastic neutron scattering. The instrument is referred to as triple-axis spectrometer (also called TAS). It allows measurement of the scattering function...
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    In neutron time-of-flight scattering, a form of inelastic neutron scattering, the initial position and velocity of a pulse of neutrons are fixed, and...
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    neutron scattering technique. He also conducted research on condensed matter. Professor Shull's prize was awarded for his pioneering work in neutron scattering...
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    scattering). This allows the technique to differentiate between various isotopes of elements. Neutron reflectometry measures the neutron scattering length...
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  • Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a small-angle scattering technique by which nanoscale density differences in a sample can be quantified. This means...
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    diffraction patterns can be produced by related scattering techniques such as electron diffraction or neutron diffraction. If single crystals of sufficient...
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  • one component of a multi-component system can provide contrast for neutron scattering experiments, where the contrast obtained by using deuterated solvents...
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    Institut Laue–Langevin (category Neutron facilities)
    metals. Neutron diffraction Small angle neutron scattering Neutron reflectometry Inelastic neutron scattering Neutron triple-axis spectrometry Neutron time-of-flight...
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    Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus. Since neutrons...
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    A neutron source is any device that emits neutrons, irrespective of the mechanism used to produce the neutrons. Neutron sources are used in physics, engineering...
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  • MURR contributes to research in boron neutron capture therapy, neutron scattering and neutron interferometry, neutron transmutation doping of semiconductor...
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  • scattering amplitude is the probability amplitude of the outgoing spherical wave relative to the incoming plane wave in a stationary-state scattering...
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  • Porod's law (category Neutron scattering)
    In X-ray or neutron small-angle scattering (SAS), Porod's law, discovered by Günther Porod, describes the asymptote of the scattering intensity I(q) for...
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