McStas (i): Introduction, use, and basic principles for ray-tracing simulations

PK Willendrup, K Lefmann - Journal of Neutron Research, 2020 - content.iospress.com
We present an overview of, and an introduction to, the general-purpose neutron simulation
package McStas. We present the basic principles behind Monte Carlo ray-tracing …

[HTML][HTML] A flexible neutron spectrometer concept with a new ultra-high field steady-state vertical-bore magnet

BL Winn, C Broholm, MD Bird, B Haberl… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The proposed facility explores materials under ultra-high magnetic fields. By combining the
power of high fields to tune materials and of neutron scattering to probe the resulting …

[HTML][HTML] Conceptual study of a new instrument for dynamic neutron scattering measurements—The modulated intensity with diffraction analysis spectrometer (MIDAS)

A Benedetto, GJ Kearley, A Faraone - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Dynamic neutron scattering probes unique nanoscale dynamics via measurement of energy
exchanged between a sample and the neutrons. The two spectrometers that investigate …

[PDF][PDF] Ewald: an extended wide-angle Laue diffractometer for the second target station of the Spallation Neutron Source

L Coates, L Robertson - Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
Visualizing hydrogen atoms in biological materials is one of the biggest remaining
challenges in biophysical analysis. While X-ray techniques have unrivaled capacity for high …

The automatic neutron guide optimizer guide_bot

M Bertelsen - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
The guide optimization software guide_bot is introduced, the main purpose of which is to
reduce the time spent programming when performing numerical optimization of neutron …

Optimization of performance, price, and background of long neutron guides for european spallation source

S Holm-Dahlin, MA Olsen, M Bertelsen, JO Birk… - Quantum Beam …, 2019 - mdpi.com
We describe a systematic approach for the design of long, ballistic cold, and thermal neutron
guides for the European Spallation Source (ESS). The guides investigated in this work are …

Measurements of the neutron absorption in supermirror coatings

DD DiJulio, V Santoro, A Devishvili… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work we report on measurements of neutron absorption in supermirror coatings. The
measurements were carried out using the SuperADAM instrument at the Institut Laue …

Prototype of the novel CAMEA concept—A backend for neutron spectrometers

M Markó, F Groitl, JO Birk, PG Freeman… - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The continuous angle multiple energy analysis concept is a backend for both time-of-flight
and analyzer-based neutron spectrometers optimized for neutron spectroscopy with highly …

Simulating neutron transport in long beamlines at a spallation neutron source using Geant4

DD DiJulio, I Svensson, XX Cai… - Journal of Neutron …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
The transport of neutrons in long beamlines at spallation neutron sources presents a unique
challenge for Monte-Carlo transport calculations. This is due to the need to accurately model …

IN13 Neutron guide and primary spectrometer upgrade

AJC Dennison, F Natali, E Farhi, G Manzin… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2018 - Elsevier
We discuss the proposed upgrade of the IN13 neutron backscattering spectrometer at the
Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, France) and the resulting changes in instrument …