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Time dependent neutron optics — Quantum mechanical effects on beam chopping and a new type of high resolution neutron spectrometer (FOTOF)

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We calculate the time dependent wave function and energy spectrum resulting from the passage of a monoenergetic (plane wave) neutron beam through a chopper consisting of a slit with time dependent width. Experimental possibilities of observing the predicted effects are discussed. A new type of inelastic scattering spectrometer involving the use of frame overlap in a time of flight instrument is proposed.

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  1. Physik Department E 21, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Strasse, D-8046, Garching bei München, Federal Republic of Germany

    R. Gähler & R. Golub

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Gähler, R., Golub, R. Time dependent neutron optics — Quantum mechanical effects on beam chopping and a new type of high resolution neutron spectrometer (FOTOF). Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 56, 5–12 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01470206

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