Neutrons and Solid State PhysicsIntended as a reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students with a basic knowledge of physics, this text provides an introduction to neutron scattering. It explains how and why neutrons are used to reveal certain fundamental physical properties of solids, provides a guide to the methods and physical problems studied using thermal neutrons, and demonstrates how neutrons have contributed to some of the most recent experimental developments in solid state physics. |
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