Published May 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

The very low angle detector for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering on the VESUVIO spectrometer

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica 'G. Occhialini', Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano (Italy)
  • 2. NAST Center - Nanoscienze-Nanotecnologie-Strumentazione, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica 'G. Occhialini', CNISM-Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano (Italy)
  • 4. Dipartimento di Fisica and Centro NAST - Nanoscienze-Nanotecnologie-Strumentazione, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma (Italy)
  • 5. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire 0QX OX11 (United Kingdom)

Description

The Very Low Angle Detector (VLAD) bank has been installed on the VESUVIO spectrometer at the ISIS spallation neutron source. The new device allows for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering measurements, at energies above 1 eV, maintaining the wave vector transfer lower than 10A-1. This opens a still unexplored region of the kinematical (q,ω) space, enabling new and challenging experimental investigations in condensed matter. This paper describes the main instrumental features of the VLAD device, including instrument design, detector response, and calibration procedure

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.011

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.011;
PII
S0168-9002(08)00220-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
589
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 296-303
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.