Sapphire filter thickness optimization in neutron scattering instruments
Authors:
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 71 (1) , 70-73
Abstract
The present work is concerned with the optimization of the sapphire fast neutron filter thickness used in neutron diffraction instruments. The optimization is based on maximization of the slow neutron transmission, minimization of the fast neutron transmission, and also taking into consideration the neutron background at the vicinity of an instrument. Scattering properties of the sapphire in the fast and slow neutron regions are discussed.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- The neutron transmission of single-crystal sapphire filtersJournal of Applied Crystallography, 1993
- Performance of a cooled sapphire and beryllium assembly for filtering of thermal neutronsReview of Scientific Instruments, 1988
- Characterization of a sapphire single crystal for the use as filter in thermal neutron scatteringNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1987
- Single crystal filters for neutron spectrometryReview of Scientific Instruments, 1980