Resources for an Introduction to Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy
Books
- Seminal papers on Neutron Spin Echo can be found in the following books:
- Neutron Spin Echo; Editor, F. Mezei, Lecture Notes in Physics, 128; Springer-Verlag: Berlin (1980).
- Neutron Spin Echo; Editors, F. Mezei, C. Pappas, and T. Gutberlet, Lecture Notes in Physics, 601; Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg (2003).
NSE in magnetic systems
- A recent and authoritative review paper on the investigation of slow dynamic processes in magnetic systems by NSE:
- G. Ehlers, "Study of slow dynamic processes in magnetic systems by neutron spin-echo spectroscopy" J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 18, R231 (2006).
NSE at NCNR
- N. Rosov, S. Rathgeber, and M. Monkenbusch, "Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy at the NIST Center for Neutron Research"; in Scattering from polymers: characterization by x-rays, neutrons, and light, edited by P. Cebe, B. S. Hsaio, and D. J. Lohse (American Chemical Society: Washington D. C., 2000), ACS Symp. Series 739, pp. 103-116.
For a detailed description of the NCNR NSE spectrometer and the fundamental of Neutron Spin Echo spectroscopy:
Handouts
- Shape fluctuations of a spherical surfactant shell in a microemulsion
A simple introduction to Neutron Spin Echo spectroscopy together with a typical experimental application can be found in the experiment handout for NSE of the 2007 NCNR Summer School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy:
Presentations
- Neutron Spin Echo
Posters
- Introduction to Dynamic Neutron Scattering in Soft Matter
- The Neutron Spin-Echo Technique (PDF 250 KB)
- The basic equations of Neutron Spin-Echo (PDF 166 KB)
- The Neutron Spin-Echo Experiment (PDF 452 KB)
- The Neutron Spin-Echo Spectrometer at NG5 (PDF 157 KB)
- The Data Reduction and Analysis Software, DAVE (PDF 464 KB)
- The Neutron Spin Echo: Magnetism (PDF 600 KB)