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The description of thermal neutron scattering in a noble gas is discussed. It is shown that the commonly used Placzek's approach is not consistent with Turchin's formalism, which is nicely confirmed by Monte Carlo calculations. A proposal is made concerning a more adequate description of the thermal motion of gas atoms in diffraction effect under slow neutron scattering by gas atoms.
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Nikolenko, V.G., Popov, A.B. What is the correct description of the slow neutron scattering in a gas?. Eur. Phys. J. A 34, 443–446 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2007-10511-6
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