The `HZB_NEAT` Instrument

V3 Time-of-Flight-Spectrometer (NEAT) at BENSC, 1995 version.

Identification

Site: HZB
Author: Emmanuel Farhi and R. Lechner
Origin: ILL (France)/BENSC (Germany)
Date: 2011

Description

In time-of-flight spectrometers neutron pulses are created by us-
ing mechanical chopper devices, realised on NEAT by fast rotating
discs with speeds up to 20000 RPM. The discs are coated with neu-
tron absorbing materials except for the narrow windows. Phased to
each other according to the flight time of neutrons between them,
the choppers 'cut out' pulses of neutrons with a desired wave-
length from the white beam. An interaction with moving atoms in
the sample changes the velocities of the scattered neutrons and
this is detected by the secondary part of the spectrometer on the
basis of the time of flight between the sample and the neutron de-
tectors at 2.5 m distance. The secondary spectrometer of NEAT
contains an array of 388 3He 60 cm2 area single counter detectors
(SD) for the large-angle scattering.

The NL 2 (upper part) guide is modelled.
This model only contains the first and last choppers, and has only a single
pulse (no frame overlap). The sample is a 2mm thick plate rotated by 45 degrees,
which material can be any powder/liquid/amorphous sample.

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
lambda	Angs	incident wavelength on sample	6
dlambda	Angs	wavelength spread shot from the source	0.05
rpm	rpm	disk chopper rotation speed, setting the resolution, Hz=rpm/60.	10000
coh	str	sample coherent S(q,w) file name. Use LAZ/LAU or SQW file	"Rb_liq_coh.sqw"
inc	str	sample incoherent S(q,w) file name. Use NULL to scatter incoherently	"Rb_liq_inc.sqw"
tmin	s	Minimum ToF measured	0.01806
tmax	s	Maximum ToF measured	0.01826

The HZB_NEAT Instrument

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Input parameters

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