Compton Scattering Studies of Metals and Hydrides with 412 KeV Gamma Radiation.

Abstract

A 412 KeV Compton spectrometer has been designed at Warwick, and commissioned at the SRC Rutherford Laboratory. The performance of the system was highly satisfactory, but routine operation of the equipment has been hampered by deterioration in the resolution of the detector, and delays have occurred as a result of faults in the computerised data acquisition system. The Compton profile of vanadium has been measured, and is found to be in disagreement with theory, the anisotropies being smaller than predicted. In related investigations evidence for the failure of the impulse approximation has been found, and the viability of obtaining cohesive energies from Compton profiles has been assessed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078801

Entities

People

  • Malcolm J. Cooper

Organizations

  • University of Warwick

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compton Scattering
  • Crystal Structure
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Elements
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Isotopes
  • Measurement
  • Scattering
  • Shielding
  • Tungsten Alloys
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design