Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 189, 65-81 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2010-01310-4

Review

Neutron spectroscopy for confinement studies

IFF, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany

^a e-mail: r.zorn@fz-juelich.de

Received: 1 September 2010
Revised: 14 September 2010
Published online: 12 November 2010

Abstract

Neutron spectroscopy is an important method for the study of microscopic dynamics because it captures the spatial as well as the temporal aspects of the atomic or molecular motion. In this article techniques will be presented which are of special importance for the study of confined systems. Many of these are based on the fact that neutron scattering is isotope-dependent. Possible sources of systematic errors in measurements of confined systems will be pointed out.