Neutron Techniques and Instrumentation

We have participated in the development of a number of techniques and the development and operation of neutron instrumentation.  Following are some links and publications to these.

Links and Publications:

ScanMapper/Spurion Quickstart guide  (Scan Mapper is now available in DAVE under planning tools)

BT-7 Double-focusing Thermal Triple Axis Instrument

 

Iron-Germanium Multilayer Neutron Polarizing Monochromators, J. W. Lynn, J. K. Kjems, L. Passell, A. M. Saxena, B. P. Schoenborn, J. Appl. Cryst. 9, 454 (1976).

Production of Ultra-Cold Neutrons Using Doppler-Shifted Bragg Scattering and an Intense Pulsed Neutron Spallation Source, T. Dombeck, J. W. Lynn, S. A. Werner, T. Brun, J. Carpenter, V. Krohn and R. Ringo, Nuc. Instr. Meth. 165, 139 (1979).

Measurement of Ultracold Neutrons Produced by Using Doppler-Shifted Bragg Reflection at a Pulsed-Neutron Source, T. Brun, J. Carpenter, V. Krohn, G. Ringo, J. Cronin, T. Dombeck, J. Lynn, and S. A. Werner, Phys. Lett. 75A, 223 (1980).

Time-of-Flight Spectrometer for Ultra-Cold Neutrons, J. W. Lynn, W. A. Miller, T. W. Dombeck, G. R. Ringo, V. E. Krohn and M. S. Freedman, Physica 120B, 114 (1983).

Resolution Effects for Systems with Strong Dispersion, J. W. Lynn and H. A. Mook, Physica 136B, 94 (1986).

Helium Condensation Observed in Small Angle Neutron Scattering, J. W. Lynn, Physica 136B, 117 (1986).

Small Angle Neutron Scattering Method for In Situ Studies of the Dense Cores of Biological Cells and Vesicles:  Application to Isolated Neurosecretory Vesicles, S. Krueger, J. W. Lynn, J. T. Russell and R. Nossal, J. Appl. Cryst. 22, 546 (1989).

Resolution Considerations for Polarized Triple-Axis Spectrometry, N. Rosov, J. W. Lynn, and R. W. Erwin, Physica B180-181, 1003 (1992).

New Exact Solution of the one Dimensional Schrödinger Equation and Its Application to Polarized Neutron Reflectometry, H. Zhang and J. W. Lynn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 77 (1993).

Magnetic Neutron Scattering, J. W. Lynn, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 6806 (1994).

Analytic Calculation of Polarized Neutron Reflectivity from Superconductors, H. Zhang and J. W. Lynn, Phys. Rev. B48, 15893 (1993).

Laue Focusing Effect and Its Applications, V. V. Kvardakov, V. A. Somenkov, S. Sh. Shilstein, J. W. Lynn, D. R. R. Mildner and H. Chen-Meyer, Physica B 241-243, 1210 (1998).

Search for Effects on Neutron Transmission due to Multiple Reflection by Glass Capillary Walls, R. E. Benenson, H. H. Chen-Mayer, and J. W. Lynn, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3767, 336 (1999).

SANS Polarization Analysis with Nuclear Spin-Polarized 3He, T. R. Gentile, G. L. Jones, A. K. Thompson, J. G. Barker, C. J. Glinka, B. Hammouda, J. W. Lynn, J. Appl. Cryst. 33, 771 (2000).

Magnetic Neutron Scattering, J. W. Lynn, in Methods in Materials Research:  A Current Protocols Publication, edited by E. N. Kaufmann, R. Abbaschian, A. Bocarsly, C-L. Chien, D. Dollimore, B. Doyle, A. Goldman, R. Gronsky, S. Pearton, and J. Sanchez (John Wiley & Sons, 2000), Chap. 13.b.2.

3He Neutron Spin Filters for a Thermal Neutron Triple Axis Spectrometer, W. C. Chen, G. Armstrong, Y. Chen, B. Collett, R. Erwin, T. R. Gentile, G. L. Jones, J. W. Lynn, S. McKenney and J. E. Steinberg, Physica B 397, 168 (2007).

MACS—a new high intensity cold neutron spectrometer at NIST, J. A. Rodriguez, D M Adler, P C Brand, C Broholm, J C Cook, C Brocker, R Hammond, Z Huang, P Hundertmark, J W Lynn, N C Maliszewskyj, J Moyer, J Orndorff, D Pierce, T D Pike, G Scharfstein, S A Smee and R Vilaseca, Meas. Sci. Technol. 19, 034023 (2008).

 

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