MACS - A new high intensity cold neutron spectrometer at NIST

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Rodriguez, J A ^a,c   Adler, D M ^c   Brand, P C ^c   Broholm, C ^b,c   Cook, J C ^c   Brocker, C ^c   Hammond, R ^b   Huang, Z ^c   Hundertmark, P ^c   Lynn, J W ^c   Maliszewskyj, N C ^c   Moyer, J ^c   Orndorff, J ^b   Pierce, D ^c   Pike, T D ^c   Scharfstein, G ^b   Smee, S A ^b   Vilaseca, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Neutron diffraction; Neutron instrumentation; Neutron scattering; Neutron spectrometer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONOCHROMATORS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION;

DOUBLE CRYSTAL ANALYZER SYSTEM (DXAL); NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRON SPECTROMETER;

NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONOCHROMATORS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 38949194168     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/3/034023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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