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Backscattering Spectrometer - Schedule

History:

Summer 2007: Power level exceeded 100 kW

Fall 2007: General user program opened

March 2006: Completed Instrument Readiness Review for low power operations

May 19, 2006: Operational approval for Backscattering Spectrometer

May 23, 2006: The first time of flight data was taken at SNS with a fluorinated mica sample using both diffraction and backscattering detectors in the tank

May 31, 2006: The first energy transfer resolved spectrum was measured for tunneling peaks in 4-methyl pyridine N-oxide

 

 
  Information Contact : Eugene Mamontov - mamontove@sns.gov  

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