PHYS01200804001 Sohrab Abbas - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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3.4 Experimental 49 3.5 Results and Discussion 53 CHAPTER 4 First sub arcsec collimation of monochromatic neutron beam 59 4.0 Introduction 59 4.1 Bragg prism diffraction 60 4.2 Bragg prism design 63 4.3 Experimental 72 4.3.1 Bragg prism preparation 72 4.3.2 Expeiment 74 4.3.3 1st ever sub arcsec collimation 74 4.4 Applications of novel SUSANS set up 78 4.4.1 Super Ultra small angle neutron scattering (SUSANS) of a protein sample 78 4.4.2 Coherence properties of the beam 81 4.4.3 Versatility of the instrument 85 4.5 Tightening the neutron collimation still further 89 CHAPTER 5 High precision determination of the neutron coherent scattering length 91 5.0 Introduction 91 5.1 Our proposal: Theory 92 5.1.1 Achieving high precision b c through optimisation of various parameters 99 5.1.2 Dual nondispersive phase shifter 102 5.2 EXPERIMENTAL 106 5.2.1 Recording of the interferograms 107 5.2.2 Data analysis 108
5.2.3 Repeat Experiment 113 CHAPTER 6 Conclusion and Future directions 119 REFERENCES 124
Page 1: Studying neutron dynamical diffract
Page 4 and 5: DECLARATION I, hereby declare that
Page 6 and 7: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I sincerely, thank
Page 8 and 9: Fig.10 Boundary conditions on wave
Page 10 and 11: Fig.28 Theoretical curves for Si {1
Page 12 and 13: sample. Least-squares fit to the sa
Page 14 and 15: Fig.62 Interference contrast and av
Page 18 and 19: SYNOPSIS The present thesis aims to
Page 20 and 21: analytic expressions for intensity
Page 22 and 23: Research A, 634 (2011) S41. [9] S.
Page 24 and 25: spallation sources yield peak neutr
Page 26 and 27: SU(2) phase, and separation of geom
Page 28 and 29: [33-34,48]. The bi-refracting natur
Page 30 and 31: application of the dynamical theory
Page 32 and 33: I. One of the major disadvantages o
Page 34 and 35: nuclear physics very important as i
Page 36 and 37: potential for most nuclei in spite
Page 38 and 39: Due to the rapid strides made latel
Page 40 and 41: for a positive value of b c i.e. fo
Page 42 and 43: k b k O H . ni sin( B S) . (18)
Page 44 and 45: factor exp(-W). The centre, θ C ,
Page 46 and 47: exploiting multiple successive iden
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Page 50 and 51: The depth Z is measured from the in
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Page 56 and 57: studies. With such beams, the and
Page 58 and 59: CHAPTER 3 Neutron forward diffracti
Page 60 and 61: eing the separation of points M and
Page 62 and 63: 3.1 Neutron forward diffraction Con
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Therefore, the forward diffracted i
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Fig.15 Calculated cr and I O for a
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(1 I ) D tan b . ID cot( B S)
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Fig.18 Experimental layout to measu
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Fig.20 Bragg reflection intensity f
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fraction I O through the Bragg pris
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Fig.22 Experimental (points) and th
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Table 2: Observed deflection sensit
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total reflectivity domain. These ar
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Here the term C() accounts for the
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Fig.28 Theoretical curves for Si {1
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I H (θ H ) peaks of 0.18 height an
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other with a compression factor lim
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an overall compression factor of 14
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4.3 Experimental 4.3.1 Bragg prism
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4.3.2 Experiment The experiment was
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Fig.38 Bragg reflection rocking cur
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4.4 Applications of novel SUSANS se
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Fig.42 First Q ~ 10 -6 Å -1 SUSANS
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2 (1) -(δk i .Δ i ) /2 Γ (Δ) =
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2 I( ) A( ) . (76) The least squa
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Fig.46 Analyser rocking curve for a
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This instrument was also employed t
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Fig.48 Theoretical flat-topped angu
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difference between the two neutron
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Fig.52 Phase dispersion in a 26.5 m
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the beam and remains visible up to
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cos bc 4NDd1 1 2cot 2 III 2 2
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yield about an order of magnitude r
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The refractive index, n = (1-Nb c
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with a white, and hence high-intens
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proposed dual sample. The dual samp
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The experiment was performed with =
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Fig.59 Typical interferograms for p
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Fig.63 Path I, II and I-II phases d
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Fig.65 Average intensity with the s
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Fig.69 New metrological mapping of
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Si at 26.2 o C, applying a correcti
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selected asymmetric Bragg prism may
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III. High precision determination o
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REFERENCES [1] H. Rauch and S. Wern
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[36] J. S. Nico and W. M. Snow, Ann
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[67] V. F. Sears, Can. J. Phys., 56
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[97] A. Cabello, S. Filipp, H. Rauc
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[127] A. Ioffe, D. L. Jacobson, M.
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