Title: NIST’s Disk Chopper Spectrometer: A Versatile Tool for Scientific Research
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a powerful scientific instrument called the Disk Chopper Spectrometer (DCS). This device is used to study a wide variety of materials and phenomena using cold-neutron time-of-flight techniques. Some of the materials and systems that can be investigated include molecular and porous systems, layered materials, catalysts, glasses, polymers, metal-hydrogen systems, biological materials, and magnetic systems.
The DCS is particularly useful for studying various phenomena such as translational and rotational diffusion processes, vibrational excitations and densities of states, tunneling phenomena, and magnetic excitations, especially in the context of frustration and novel ground states of quantum materials. One of the key advantages of the DCS is its ability to access a broad range of energy and wave vector transfers with good energy resolution. Researchers interested in using the DCS for their neutron scattering experiments are encouraged to contact NIST to discuss their ideas further.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/ncnr/dcs-disk-chopper-spectrometer
Keywords: Neutron, Scattering, Spectrometer, Quantum materials, Diffusion
