Neutron Scattering Techniques
A diverse group of scientific techniques can be used with neutron scattering, enabling researchers to obtain a variety of different types of measurements. On this page, you can find descriptions of these techniques, presentations from tutorials, as well as links to additional information.
Neutron
scattering falls into two categoriess:
elastic and inelastic.
Elastic
scattering is when a neutron interacts
with a nucleus or electronic magnetic
field but does not leave it in an
excited state, meaning the emitted
neutron has the same energy as the
injected neutron.
Inelastic
scattering involves an energetic excitation
or relaxation by the neutron; that
is, the injected neutron's energy
is used or increased to create an
excitation or by absorbing the excess
energy from a relaxation, and consequently
the emitted neutron's energy is reduced
or increased respectively.
- Diffractometry
- Powder Diffraction
- Single-Crystal Diffraction
- Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
- Reflectometry
- Spectrometry
- Inelastic Neutron Scattering
- Time-of-flight scattering
- Backscattering
- Spin echo
- Resonance spin echo
- Magnetic Scattering
- Cold Neutrons vs Thermal Neutrons
- Coherent Scattering vs Incoherent Scattering
- Pulsed Source vs Continuous Source
- Spallation Source vs Reactor Source
Tutorials
Tutorials are PDF files unless otherwise specified.
Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Reflectometry
- Pulsed Polarized Neutron Instrumentation/Technology for Reflectometry at SNS
- An Introduction to Neutron Reflectivity
