Multievent Correlation with Neutron Volume Detectors

The development of advanced volume detectors for neutron time-of-flight diffractometers offers exciting new possibilities. This work takes advantage of these advances by implementing a novel data preprocessing algorithm, exemplified for the first time with data acquired during the operation of a sin...

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Main Authors: Noah Nachtigall, Andreas Houben, Richard Dronskowski
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2412-382X/8/4/30
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description The development of advanced volume detectors for neutron time-of-flight diffractometers offers exciting new possibilities. This work takes advantage of these advances by implementing a novel data preprocessing algorithm, exemplified for the first time with data acquired during the operation of a singular mounting unit of the POWTEX detector placed at the POWGEN instrument (SNS, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA). Our approach exploits the additional depth information provided by the volume detector needed to correlate multiple neutron events to neutron trajectories of similar origin and probability. By comparing the properties of these trajectories with the expected physical behavior, one may first identify, then label, and ultimately remove unwanted events due to phenomena such as secondary scattering within the sample environment. This capability has the potential to significantly improve the quality and information content of data collected with neutron diffractometers.
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spelling doaj-art-1fafd0bec9644ce98542bf7d24cff0f92024-12-27T14:49:55ZengMDPI AGQuantum Beam Science2412-382X2024-11-01843010.3390/qubs8040030Multievent Correlation with Neutron Volume DetectorsNoah Nachtigall0Andreas Houben1Richard Dronskowski2Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, GermanyThe development of advanced volume detectors for neutron time-of-flight diffractometers offers exciting new possibilities. This work takes advantage of these advances by implementing a novel data preprocessing algorithm, exemplified for the first time with data acquired during the operation of a singular mounting unit of the POWTEX detector placed at the POWGEN instrument (SNS, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA). Our approach exploits the additional depth information provided by the volume detector needed to correlate multiple neutron events to neutron trajectories of similar origin and probability. By comparing the properties of these trajectories with the expected physical behavior, one may first identify, then label, and ultimately remove unwanted events due to phenomena such as secondary scattering within the sample environment. This capability has the potential to significantly improve the quality and information content of data collected with neutron diffractometers.https://www.mdpi.com/2412-382X/8/4/30POWTEXneutron diffractometervolume detectorpowder diffraction
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neutron diffractometer
volume detector
powder diffraction
title Multievent Correlation with Neutron Volume Detectors
title_full Multievent Correlation with Neutron Volume Detectors
title_fullStr Multievent Correlation with Neutron Volume Detectors
title_full_unstemmed Multievent Correlation with Neutron Volume Detectors
title_short Multievent Correlation with Neutron Volume Detectors
title_sort multievent correlation with neutron volume detectors
topic POWTEX
neutron diffractometer
volume detector
powder diffraction
url https://www.mdpi.com/2412-382X/8/4/30
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