Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy: Basics, Trends and Applications

F. Mezei (auth.), Prof. Ferenc Mezei, Dr. Catherine Pappas, Dr. Thomas Gutberlet (eds.)3540442936, 9783540442936

Neutron spin echo (NSE) spectroscopy is the highest energy resolution neutron scattering technique available for examining a large area (in time and space) in condensed matter physics. This broad dynamic and spatial range is extensively exploited in the study of a wide range of scientific problems ranging from the dynamics of glasses, polymer melts, complex fluids and microemulsions to the elementary excitations in superfluid 4He and to ferromagnets and spin glasses. This book reviews the current status and future prospects in NSE spectroscopy describing the method, latest instrumentation and also the use of NSE in fundamental, hard- and soft-matter science. It provides first-hand information for researchers working in the fields touched by NSE. In addition, young researchers, PhD students and graduates interested in the method will obtain a comprehensive overview and guidelines to implementing the NSE technique.

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Table of contents :
Introduction….Pages 1-2
Fundamentals of Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy….Pages 5-14
Time-of-Flight Neutron Spin Echo: Present Status….Pages 15-34
Wide Angle Neutron Spin Echo and Time-of-Flight Spectrometer….Pages 35-47
Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer at B.A.R.C. Trombay….Pages 48-55
Compact Neutron Spin Echo Device with Foil Spin Flippers….Pages 56-64
Modified Neutron Spin Echo with Spectrum Modulation: Specific Feature and Applications….Pages 65-73
Neutron Resonance Spin Echo — Triple Axis Spectrometry (NRSE-TAS)….Pages 74-86
Elastic Neutron Scattering Measurements Using Larmor Precession of Polarized Neutrons….Pages 87-99
Technical Aspects of Larmor Precession with Inclined Front and End Faces….Pages 100-115
Space-Time View of Neutron Spin Echo, Correlation Functions and Phonon Focusing….Pages 116-132
Neutron Spin Echo as a Quantum Interference System….Pages 133-141
Neutron Speed Echo Spectroscopy….Pages 142-164
Neutron Spin Precession Optics: Recent Results and Some Perspectives….Pages 165-175
Future Developments in Resonance Spin Echo….Pages 176-200
Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometers of the Next Generation — Where Are the Limits?….Pages 201-212
Use of the Neutron Spin Echo Technique to Observe Flux Line Motion….Pages 215-221
Dynamics of Frustrated Magnetic Moments in Antiferromagnetically Ordered TbNiAl Probed by Spin Echo and Time-of-Flight Spectroscopy….Pages 222-231
Critical Slowing Down in a Simple Fluid System as Measured by Neutron Spin Echo Technique. Crossover Between Hydrodynamics and Critical Dynamics….Pages 232-245
Soft Matter and Biology….Pages 246-267
Dynamics of Glass Forming Polymers by Neutron Spin Echo….Pages 268-279
Elastic and Quasielastic Neutron Scattering on Liquid Isotopic and Binary Blends of Low Molecular Mass Poly(siloxanes)….Pages 280-290
Neutron Spin Echo Study of the Dynamics in BIS Cross-Linked Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) Microgels: Dependence on the Cross-Linker Concentration….Pages 291-301
Dynamical Fluctuation of Cylindrical Micelles and Membranes in Binary and Ternary Amphiphilic Microemulsion Systems….Pages 302-311
Dynamics of Hydrophobically Modified Polymer Doped Surfactant Bilayers: A Neutron Spin Echo Study….Pages 312-324
Neutron Resonance Spin Echo: Oxygen Transport in Crowded Protein Solutions….Pages 325-335