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CHRNS MACS - The Multi Axis Crystal Spectrometer
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IMPORTANT: We are performing the first commissioning experiments. The instrument will be available to users on June 2013



First MACS II data set.  Energy dispersion of a 1D antiferromagnetic spin chain at T=1.4K, 5K and 10K.

 

 

 

NOTE: This calendar is provided for assistance in scheduling experiments and sample environment. While every effort will be made to keep this schedule updated with the latest information, please visit the MACS SCHEDULE for official dates. DO NOT USE THIS INFORMATION FOR TRAVEL PLANS.

The Multi Axis Crystal Spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research is a third generation cold neutron spectrometer that provides ultra high sensitivity access to dynamic correlations in condensed matter on length scales from 0.1 nm to 50 nm and energy scales from 2.2 meV to 20 meV. The project is funded jointly by the NIST Center for Neutron Research, the National Science Foundation, and the Johns Hopkins University.

 

 

MACS highlights:

For Newly Discovered 'Quantum Spin Liquid', the Beauty Is in Its Simplicity.

A research team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has confirmed long-standing suspicions among physicists that electrons in a crystalline structure called a kagome (kah-go-may) lattice can form a "spin liquid," a novel quantum state of matter in which the electrons' magnetic orientation remains in a constant state of change.  Details.

 

NIST Contributes to Discovery of Novel Quantum Spin-Liquid

An international team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found what may be the first known example of a "spin-orbital liquid," a substance in a never-before-seen quantum mechanical state.  Details.