Calculation of background effects on the VESUVIO eV neutron spectrometer

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mayers, J ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neutron instrumentation

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; FORWARD SCATTERING; NEUTRON SOURCES; SPECTROMETERS;

BACKGROUND EFFECTS; CONDENSED MATTER SYSTEM; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS; NEUTRON COMPTON SCATTERING; NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION; PULSED NEUTRON SOURCES; SUPERIOR RESOLUTION; VESUVIO SPECTROMETER;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 79251584957     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/1/015903     Document Type: Article

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