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Determining the relaxation time from a temperature-dependent scan of the neutron spin-echo signal amplitude.
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EPJ Web of Conferences . 11/19/2022, Vol. 272, p1-4. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Temperature-dependent scans of the neutron scattering intensity are commonly employed in high energy-resolution quasielastic measurements. Besides serving as a useful diagnostic tool for identifying the temperature range that could give rise to a measurable relaxation signal, such scans of the "elastic" (resolution-defined) intensity could be employed for determining the temperature at which the relaxation time in the system becomes equal to the resolution-defined characteristic time of the spectrometer measurement. This is a model-independent alternative to the "traditional" approach, when, at a given measurement temperature, the relaxation time in the system is obtained from fitting the full dynamic spectra with a model scattering function. Here we introduce the temperature-dependent scan of the neutron spin-echo signal amplitude. Using a well-characterized system with a complex relaxation pattern, we demonstrate that the relaxation time obtained from the approach proposed herein maps well on the previous "traditionally" measured relaxation times. Thus, despite monitoring a different variable (neutron spin-echo signal amplitude vs. neutron scattering intensity), the benefits of the model-free temperature-dependent scan approach, traditionally utilized in neutron time-of-flight and backscattering experiments, can be extended to measurements of the very slow relaxations assessable only by high-resolution neutron spin-echo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21016275
- Volume :
- 272
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- EPJ Web of Conferences
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 160556829
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202227201014