Simulation of a multiple-wavelength time-of-flight neutron spectrometer for a long-pulsed spallation source

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lefmann, Kim ^a   Schober, Helmut ^b   Mezei, Feri ^c,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron instrumentation; Neutron ray tracing simulation; Time of flight spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; RAY TRACING; WAVELENGTH;

NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRON RAY-TRACING SIMULATION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROSCOPY;

NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; MONOCHROMATORS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; RAY TRACING; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 38949202259     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/3/034025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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