Design and operation of the wide angular-range chopper spectrometer ARCS at the Spallation Neutron Source

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Abernathy, D L ^a   Stone, M B ^a   Loguillo, M J ^a   Lucas, M S ^a,c   Delaire, O ^a   Tang, X ^b   Lin, J Y Y ^b   Fultz, B ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER; DATA COLLECTION; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; GATE VALVE; INCIDENT ENERGY; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; LARGE DETECTORS; MASSIVE ARRAYS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEUTRON GUIDES; NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRONICS; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS; SAMPLE ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLE POSITION; SOLID ANGLE; SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCES; USER PROGRAMS; VACUUM CHAMBERS;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; MAGNETIC BEARINGS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; SOLIDS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VACUUM;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84857717320     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3680104     Document Type: Review

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