Advances in Neutron Optics: Fundamentals and Applications in Materials Science and Biomedicine

ISBN-13: 9781138364462 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 289 str.

Maria L. Calvo; Ramon F. Alvarez-Estrada

Opis

Neutron optics involves studying the interactions of matter with a beam of free slow neutrons. This book discusses two major sources for the production of beams of free slow neutrons: (1) fission reactions at nuclear reactors and (2) collisions in particle accelerators (small ones, spallation sources) of proton beams with targets of heavy atoms.

Spis treści

SECTION I: An Introductory Approach to the Foundations of Neurton Optics. 1. Neutron Optics- Fundamentals. 2. Neutron Matter-Wave Diffraction: A Computational Perspective. 3. Neutron Confinement and Waveguiding. SECTION II  Neutron Optics-Based Technologies and Applications. 4. Neutron Imaging. 5. Neutron Spin Optics: Concepts, Verification and Prospects. 6. Applications of Neutron Optics to Biomedicine: BNCT.