Construction of a precision diffractometer for nuclear Bragg scattering at the Photon Factory

Abstract

A versatile precision diffractometer for nuclear Bragg scattering was designed and constructed at the Photon Factory. Standardized component goniometers can be arranged to address various requirements of incident beam conditioning for nuclear Bragg scattering, including a high-energy resolution monochromator with wide angular acceptance as well as a circularly polarized incident beam.