The VESUVIO electron volt neutron spectrometer

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mayers, J ^a   Reiter, G ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

momentum distribution; neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDRIDES; KINETICS; MOMENTUM; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONDENSED MATTER SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; IMPULSE APPROXIMATION; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS; PULSED NEUTRON SOURCES; SAMPLE COMPOSITION;

KINETIC ENERGY;

EID: 84858788942     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/23/4/045902     Document Type: Review

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