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Correlation Fourier diffractometry: 20 Years of experience at the IBR-2 reactor

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The high-resolution Fourier diffractometer (HRFD) was commissioned at the IBR-2 pulsed reactor at FLNP JINR in 1994. The specific feature of the HRFD design is the use of fast Fourier chopper for modulating the primary neutron beam intensity and the correlation method of diffraction data acquisition. This allowed to reach with HRFD extremely high resolution (Δd/d ≈ 0.001) over a wide range of inter-planar spacings at a relatively short flight path between chopper and sample (L = 20 m). Over time, a lot of diffraction experiments on crystalline materials, the main goal of which was to study their atomic and magnetic structures, were performed at HRFD. Successful implementation of the Fourier diffractometry technique at the IBR-2 reactor stimulated the construction of yet another Fourier diffractometer intended for internal mechanical stress studies in bulk materials (FSD, Fourier Stress Diffractometer). In this paper the experience of using this technique at the IBR-2, which is a long-pulse neutron source, is considered, the examples of HRFD studies are given, and possible solutions for existing technical problems of using correlation diffractometry and ways of increasing the intensity and resolution of HRFD are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © A.M. Balagurov, I.A. Bobrikov, G.D. Bokuchava, V.V. Zhuravlev, V.G. Simkin, 2015, published in Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2015, Vol. 46, No. 3.

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Balagurov, A.M., Bobrikov, I.A., Bokuchava, G.D. et al. Correlation Fourier diffractometry: 20 Years of experience at the IBR-2 reactor. Phys. Part. Nuclei 46, 249–276 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779615030041

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