A new design for the standard pinhole small-angle neutron scattering instrument D11

• Published in: Journal of applied crystallography Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 1056 - 1063
• Main Authors: Lieutenant, Klaus, Lindner, Peter, Gahler, Roland
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 5 Abbey Square, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2HU, England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Crystallography; Monte Carlo simulation; Monte Carlo simulations; neutron scattering instruments; Neutrons; Research methodology; small-angle neutron scattering (SANS)

Monte Carlo simulations have been performed to check ideas for improvements of the collimating guide system of the standard pinhole small‐angle neutron scattering (SANS) instrument D11 at Institut Laue–Langevin, which reaches very low Q values by using long detector and collimation distances. Accord...