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Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument for the DARIA Compact Neutron Source

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Aspects of the experimental implementation of the small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) method on a compact neutron source are considered. A scientific justification of the demand for this type of installation is formulated. A scheme for implementing the SANS method on a pulsed neutron source is proposed, which ensures the high efficiency of using a neutron beam by limiting the operating wavelength range, and, as a result, maximizing the frequency and time-averaged power/intensity of the source. The physical parameters of the key elements of the installation, such as the cold neutron moderator, the beam-chopper cascade, the collimation system, the sample unit and the wide-aperture position-sensitive detector, are described. It is shown that the small-angle scattering method can be implemented on a university-type pulsed neutron source.

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The work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under Agreement no. 075-15-2022-830 dated May 27, 2022 (continuation of Agreement no. 075-15-2021-1358 dated October 12, 2021).

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  1. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300, Gatchina, Russia

    K. A. Pavlov, N. A. Kovalenko, L. A. Azarova & S. V. Grigoryev

  2. St. Petersburg State University, 198504, St. Petersburg, Russia

    K. A. Pavlov, N. A. Kovalenko, L. A. Azarova & S. V. Grigoryev

  3. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 620108, Ekaterinburg, Russia

    E. A. Kravtsov

  4. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    T. V. Kulevoy

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Pavlov, K.A., Kovalenko, N.A., Azarova, L.A. et al. Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument for the DARIA Compact Neutron Source. J. Surf. Investig. 17, 810–817 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451023040134

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