Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

, Volume 50, Issue 4, pp 281–288 | Cite as

Features and performance of a gravity spectrometer for ultracold neutrons

  • A. Steyerl
  • B. Gmal
  • K. -A. Steinhauser
  • N. Achiwa
  • D. Richter
Article

Abstract

We report on a novel ultrahigh-resolution neutron spectrometer utilizing the reach of the flight parabola of very slow neutrons in the earth's gravitational field for precise energy definition. A full width at half maximum of (17.0±0.6) neV was measured for elastic scattering from graphite. We were able to detect a line broadening by (6.6±3.2) neV in quasi-elastic scattering from a polymer in solution at a momentum transfer of 0.027 Å−1ħ.

Keywords

Polymer Spectroscopy Neural Network Graphite Complex System 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. Steyerl
    • 1
  • B. Gmal
    • 1
  • K. -A. Steinhauser
    • 1
  • N. Achiwa
    • 1
  • D. Richter
    • 2
  1. 1.Fakultät für PhysikTechnische Universität MünchenGarching bei MünchenGermany
  2. 2.Institut für FestkörperforschungKernforschungsanlage JülichJülich 1Germany

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