Very cold neutrons in condensed matter research

Abstract

In high resolution neutron scattering experimental work the use of significantly longer incoming neutron wavelengths compared to the currently widely used cold neutron range can be of significant advantage. Such advantages are to obtain higher data rates at equal resolution conditions, for example in small angle neutron scattering, to obtain far better resolution, e.g. in neutron spin echo and time-of-flight spectroscopy or both.