USE OF POLARIZATION ANALYSIS IN INELASTIC SCATTERING

F. Mezei

Neutron polarization can be used in two ways in inelastic scattering : (a) for the identification of scattering effects of magnetic origin, and (b) as a tool to measure the inelasticity itself, independently of the magnetic or non-magnetic character of the scattering. There are only few examples for the first kind of applications, but this number is expected to increase rapidly with the growing interest in diffuse scattering. On the other hand, various polarization modulation techniques, such as spin-flip chopping and, in particular, neutron spin echo became by now rather routinely used methods in inelastic scattering. The present review covers the principles of both types of utilization of polarized neutrons, together with a number of experimental results.

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F. Mezei. USE OF POLARIZATION ANALYSIS IN INELASTIC SCATTERING. Journal de Physique Colloques, 1982, 43 (C7), pp.C7-9-C7-22. ⟨10.1051/jphyscol:1982702⟩. ⟨jpa-00222309⟩