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@INPROCEEDINGS{Schweika:1044397,
author = {Schweika, W. and Vasiukov, D. and Soltner, H. and
Fabrèges, S. and Lee, W.},
title = {{S}pherical neutron polarimetry at {MAG}i{C}},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-03163},
year = {2025},
abstract = {The instrument MAGIC at ESS has been designed with an
option for longitudinal XYZ polarisation analysis, highly
performing in a wavelength band from 2 to 6 Å. A novel
extension to the instrument MAGIC will be spherical neutron
polarimetry. To date spherical neutron polarimetry has been
routinely established only in zero-field techniques, e.g.
Cryopad[1], for measuring the full polarisation tensor for
single Bragg peaks on monochromatic instruments. Here we
present a more powerful alternative route to spherical
polarimetry based on a precession technique [2,3] that can
be fully adapted to a pulsed, polychromatic neutron beam and
enables us to cover simultaneously a large section of the
reciprocal space in time-of-flight Laue diffraction.
Implementing spherical polarimetry by precession on the
instrument MAGIC requires precise magnetic field design. Two
coils in the incoming beam path rotate the polarisation with
respect to the field axis, determining inclination and
precession angles. Both coils are ramped in time according
to the neutrons’ speed. A common phase angle is achieved
by an additional, time-independent spin-echo coil. Full
simulations of the polarised neutron transport on the
instrument MAGIC not only demonstrate the feasibility of
spherical polarimetry but also its excellent performance.
[1] F. Tasset, Zero field neutron polarimetry. Physica B:
Cond. Mat. 156, 627-630 (1989).[2] W. Schweika,
Time-of-flight and vector polarization analysis for diffuse
neutron scattering. Physica B: Cond. Mat. 335,157 -163
(2003).[3] W. Schweika, S. Easton and K.U. Neumann. Vector
Polarization Analysis on DNS. Neutron News, 16(2), 14-17
(2005).},
month = {Jul},
date = {2025-07-06},
organization = {The International Conference on
Neutron Scattering, Bella Center in
Copenhagen, Denmark, with the last day
at the European Spallation Source (ESS)
in nearby Lund, Sweden (Denmark), 6 Jul
2025 - 10 Jul 2025},
subtyp = {Invited},
cin = {JCNS-2 / JARA-FIT / ITE},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / $I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ /
I:(DE-Juel1)ITE-20250108},
pnm = {632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional
Materials (POF4-632) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron
Research (JCNS) (FZJ) (POF4-6G4)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G4},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1044397},
}