We would like to thank C.Carlile for encouraging us to prepare this web site and for his valuable critical comments.

We are very grateful to B.Alefeld, wo has very actively participated in the preparation of the internal scientific ILL report which was the basis of this web site. In fact the web site is essentially a modern and up to date version of this older internal ILL report:

REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS OF BACKSCATTERING TECHNIQUES IN NEUTRON AND X-RAY SCATTERING

A. Heidemann, B. Alefeld, Internal Scientific ILL Report, N° 91 HE 22 G, 2nd edition (April 1992)

October 20, 2005