Neutron Scattering with a Triple-Axis Spectrometer
Basic Techniques

A practical guide to basic techniques in neutron scattering, accessible to graduates and experienced researchers.

Gen Shirane (Author), Stephen M. Shapiro (Author), John M. Tranquada (Author)

9780521025898, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 May 2006

284 pages, 125 b/w illus. 18 tables
24.3 x 16.9 x 2 cm, 0.457 kg

'Without a doubt this is a splendid text for aspiring experimenters and experts alike and seems certain to remain so for decades to come.' Comtemporary Physics

Neutron scattering is an extremely powerful tool in the study of elemental excitations in condensed matter. This book provides a practical guide to basic techniques using a triple-axis spectrometer. Introductory chapters summarize useful scattering formulas and describe the components of a spectrometer, followed by a comprehensive discussion of the resolution function and focusing effects. Later sections include simple examples of phonon and magnon measurements, and an analysis of spurious effects in both inelastic and elastic measurements, and how to avoid them. Finally, polarization analysis techniques and their applications are covered. This guide will allow graduate students and experienced researchers new to neutron scattering to make the most efficient use of their experimental time.

1. Introduction
2. Scattering formulas
3. Elements of a three-axis instrument
4. Inelastic scattering and the resolution function
5. Phonons and magnons
6. Spurious peaks
7. Bragg diffraction
8. Polarized neutrons
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]