Measured total cross sections of slow neutrons scattered by solid deuterium and implications for ultracold neutron sources

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 18, 2005, Pages

  Atchison, F ^a,b,c,d   Blau, B ^a,b,c,d   Van Den Brandt, B ^a,b,c,d   Brya, T ^a,b,c,d   Daum, M ^a,b,c,d   Fierlinger, P ^a,b,c,d   Hautle, P ^a,b,c,d   Henneck, R ^a,b,c,d   Heule, S ^a,b,c,d   Kirch, K ^a,b,c,d   Kohlbrecher, J ^a,b,c,d   Kuhne G ^a,b,c,d   Konter, J A ^a,b,c,d   Pichlmaier, A ^a,b,c,d   Wokaun, A ^a,b,c,d   Bodek, K ^b,c,d   Kasprzak, M ^b,c,d   Kuniak, M ^b,c,d   Geltenbort, P ^c,d   Zmeskal, J ^d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d STEFAN MEYER INSTITUTE FOR SUBATOMIC PHYSICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE CYCLES; ULTRACOLD NEUTRONS;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DEUTERIUM; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NEUTRON SOURCES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NEUTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 28844476856     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.182502     Document Type: Article

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