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Design and performance of a novel neutron powder diffractometer: PEARL at TU Delft
Author(s) -
van Eijck L.,
Cussen L. D.,
Sykora G. J.,
Schooneveld E. M.,
Rhodes N. J.,
van Well A. A.,
Pappas C.
Publication year - 2016
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/s160057671601089x
Subject(s) - pearl , powder diffractometer , neutron , diffractometer , neutron source , neutron diffraction , nuclear engineering , materials science , powder diffraction , nuclear physics , physics , diffraction , optics , engineering , nuclear magnetic resonance , scanning electron microscope , philosophy , theology
The performance of the new neutron powder diffraction instrument PEARL that is installed at the research reactor of Delft University of Technology is reported. It is based on the optimization concepts developed by Cussen [ Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A (2007), 583 , 394–406], which lead to high performance competing with existing constant‐wavelength neutron powder diffractometers, despite the relatively low source brightness of the 2 MW reactor of Delft University of Technology.