Neutron collimation with microchannel plates: Calibration of existing technology and near future possibilities

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 362-366

  Tremsin, Anton S ^a   Hussey, Daniel S ^b   Downing, R Gregory ^b   Feller, W Bruce ^c   Mildner, David F R ^b   Jacobson, David L ^b   Arif, Muhammad ^b   Siegmund, Oswald H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c NOVA Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimators; Neutron optics; Neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

ANGLE REJECTION RATIOS; COMPACT NEUTRON COLLIMATORS; MICROCHANNEL PLATES; NEUTRON OPTICS;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

EID: 34247248848     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.891080     Document Type: Article

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