Measurement and simulation of the inelastic resolution function of a time-of-flight spectrometer

S. V. Roth, A. Zirkel, J. Bossy, J. Neuhaus, J. Peters, H. Schober, W. Petry

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Abstract

The deconvolution of inelastic neutron scattering data requires the knowledge of the inelastic resolution function. The inelastic resolution function of the time-of-flight spectrometer IN5/ILL has been measured by exploiting the sharp resonances of the roton and maxon excitations in superfluid 4He for the two respective (q, ω) values. The calculated inelastic resolution function for three different instrumental setups is compared to the experimentally determined resolution function. The agreement between simulation and experimental data is excellent, allowing us in principle to extrapolate the simulations and thus to determine the resolution function in the whole accessible dynamic range of IN5 or any other time-of-flight spectrometer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S1449-S1451
JournalApplied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume74
Issue numberSUPPL.II
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2002

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