OFF-SPECULAR NEUTRON REFLECTION FROM MAGNETIC MEDIA WITH NONDIAGONAL REFLECTIVITY MATRICES

Authors
KORNEEV DA BODNARCHUK VI IGNATOVICH VK
Citation
Da. Korneev et al., OFF-SPECULAR NEUTRON REFLECTION FROM MAGNETIC MEDIA WITH NONDIAGONAL REFLECTIVITY MATRICES, JETP letters, 63(12), 1996, pp. 944-951
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
63
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
944 - 951
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1996)63:12<944:ONRFMM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The reflection of neutrons from magnetic substances is described using a reflection matrix including (in general) the off-diagonal matrix el ements responsible for neutron spin reversal. In an external field the spin reversal is accompanied by changes in the neutron kinetic energy and, as a result, the reflection angle. An experiment to observe this new effect is described and the results are reported. (C) 1996 Americ an Institute of Physics.