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Comments on Small‐angle scattering at a pulsed neutron source: comparison with a steady‐state reactor
Author(s) -
Mildner D. F. R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889884011523
Subject(s) - spectrometer , detector , neutron scattering , physics , neutron , nuclear physics , neutron source , scattering , small angle neutron scattering , computational physics , optics , resolution (logic) , computer science , artificial intelligence
A recent comparison of data for a specific experiment taken on a time‐of‐flight small‐angle scattering spectrometer on a pulsed neutron source and data for the same kind of experiment taken at a steady‐state reactor suggests that the instruments have similar performances, and in particular comparable count rates at the detector. This similarity disappears when resolution is taken into account. The criterion for a valid comparison should be the detector count rate for instruments measuring over similar ranges of scattering vector and with similar resolutions, as required by the particular experiment.