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A Strategy for Handling Aberration in Spherical Neutron Polarimetry
Published
Author(s)
Jacob Tosado, Wangchun Chen, Efrain E. Rodriguez
Abstract
We present a strategy for identifying and correcting for aberration effects in Spherical Neutron Polarimetry. The transformation of the neutron beam polarization vector due to scattering from a material is determined with Spherical Neutron Polarimetry. This neutron scattering technique measures the three cardinal components of the scattered polarization for any chosen cardinal direction of the incident polarization for a given Bragg reflection. As a consequence, the instrumentation required for this technique is desired to be capable of measuring the three-dimensional polarization vector over the sphere. As with all instrumentation, the field of measurement is subject to aberration which must be characterized.
Proceedings Title
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume
1316
Conference Dates
July 3-6, 2018
Conference Location
Abingdon, GB
Conference Title
12th International Conference on Polarised Neutrons for Condensed Matter Investigations Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Tosado, J.
, Chen, W.
and Rodriguez, E.
(2019),
A Strategy for Handling Aberration in Spherical Neutron Polarimetry, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Abingdon, GB, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=927975
(Accessed October 8, 2025)