The high-flux backscattering spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2759-2777

  Meyer, A ^a,b,c   Dimeo, R M ^a   Gehring, P M ^a   Neumann, D A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CHOPPERS (CIRCUITS); DOPPLER EFFECT; GAIN MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

NEUTRON FLUX;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0038350006     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1568557     Document Type: Article

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