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Characteristics

Guide hall n°2, cold polarising guide H511
Neutron beam characteristics
diameter at sample position 40 mm
incident wavelength 6 ... 25 Å
monochromatisation Δλ/λ (FWHM) 15% (velocity selector)
incident beam divergence <17 mrad
polariser V cavity, 1 m long (provided by HZB Berlin)
FeCo-Si supermirrors on Si substrate
analyser FeCo supermirrors (provided by HZB Berlin)
Precession coils
max. field of solenoid 750  mT
max. field integral 1.05 Tm
Detector
32 x 32 pixels, each 1 cm\(^{2}\) at a distance of 4.6 m from the sample1 bar \(^{3}\)He and 0.3 bar CF\(_{4}\)
area 32 x 32 cm\(^{2}\)
pixel size 1 cm\(^{2}\)
angular range θ 2° ... 70° (Cryostat)
2° ... 30° (Oven, Sample Changer)
angular resolution 2 x 10\(^{-3}\)rad

Instrument Description

The spin-echo spectrometer IN15 is a conventional spin echo spectrometer using a velocity selector and a neutron guide between selector and precession magnet.

A wide wavelength band is used covering a large area in q-time space even for one single detector position). 

Normal mode of operation 

Due to the use of neutrons of long wavelength (6 Å < λ < 25 Å) IN15 offers a better energy resolution (proportional to λ-3 ) than its predecessor IN11 and it reaches considerably lower q-values (proportional to λ-1 ).

Summary of the performance at λ = 17.3 Å 

  • The intensity is sufficiently high for typical small-angle scattering experiments.
  • Maximum Fourier Time of 1000 ns
  • Q-range from 0.01 Å\(^{-1}\) up to 0.42 Å\(^{-1}\)