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Triple-axis spectrometry, also referred to as three-axis spectroscopy or more commonly by the acronym TAS, is a technique used in [[inelastic neutron scattering]]. The instrument is referred to as triple-axis spectrometer (also called TAS). It allows measurement of the [[scattering]] function at any point in [[energy]] and [[momentum]] space physically accessible by the spectrometer.
'''Triple-axis spectrometry''', (TAS, T also resolved as "three", S also resolved as "spectroscopy"), is a technique used in [[inelastic neutron scattering]]. The instrument is referred to as triple-axis spectrometer (also called TAS). It allows measurement of the [[scattering]] function at any point in [[energy]] and [[momentum]] space physically accessible by the spectrometer.




== History ==
== History ==
The triple-axis spectrometry method was first developed by [[Bertram Brockhouse]] at the [[NRX]] research reactor at the [[Chalk River Laboratories]] in Canada. The first results from the prototype triple-axis spectrometer were published in January 1955 and the first true triple-axis spectrometer was built in 1956. [[Bertram Brockhouse]] shared the 1994 [[Nobel prize]] for Physics for this development, which allowed [[elementary excitations]], such as [[phonons]] and [[magnons]], to be observed directly. The Nobel citation was "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter" and "for the development of neutron spectroscopy".
The triple-axis spectrometry method was first developed by [[Bertram Brockhouse]] at the [[NRX]] research reactor at the [[Chalk River Laboratories]] in Canada. The first results from the prototype triple-axis spectrometer were published in January 1955 and the first true triple-axis spectrometer was built in 1956. [[Bertram Brockhouse]] shared the 1994 [[Nobel prize]] for Physics for this development, which allowed [[elementary excitations]], such as [[phonon]]s and [[magnon]]s, to be observed directly. The Nobel citation was "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter" and "for the development of neutron spectroscopy".


== TAS Instruments in current use ==
== TAS Instruments in current use ==
=== [[FRM-II]] Forschungsneutronquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz ===
=== [[FRM-II]] Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz ===


*[http://wwwnew.frm2.tum.de/en/science/instruments/spectrometers/panda.html PANDA] - a cold neutron triple-axis spectrometer.
*[http://wwwnew.frm2.tum.de/en/science/instruments/spectrometers/panda.html PANDA] - a cold neutron triple-axis spectrometer.

Revision as of 10:20, 27 February 2007

Triple-axis spectrometry, (TAS, T also resolved as "three", S also resolved as "spectroscopy"), is a technique used in inelastic neutron scattering. The instrument is referred to as triple-axis spectrometer (also called TAS). It allows measurement of the scattering function at any point in energy and momentum space physically accessible by the spectrometer.


History

The triple-axis spectrometry method was first developed by Bertram Brockhouse at the NRX research reactor at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada. The first results from the prototype triple-axis spectrometer were published in January 1955 and the first true triple-axis spectrometer was built in 1956. Bertram Brockhouse shared the 1994 Nobel prize for Physics for this development, which allowed elementary excitations, such as phonons and magnons, to be observed directly. The Nobel citation was "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter" and "for the development of neutron spectroscopy".

TAS Instruments in current use

FRM-II Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz

  • PANDA - a cold neutron triple-axis spectrometer.
  • PUMA - a thermal neutron triple-axis spectrometer with multianalyser-detector option.
  • IN1 - a hot neutron triple-axis spectrometer.
  • IN3 - a thermal neutron triple-axis spectrometer for tests.
  • IN8 - a high-flux thermal neutron triple-axis spectrometer.
  • IN12 - a cold neutron triple-axis spectrometer.
  • D10 - a thermal neutron four-circle diffractometer with a triple-axis energy analysis option.

NIST Center for Neutron Research

  • BT-9 - a thermal neutron triple-axis spectrometer.