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The frozen spin method can be effectively used for a high-precision measurement of the tensor electric and magnetic polarizabilities of the deuteron and other nuclei in storage rings. For the deuteron, this method would provide the…
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Motivated by the evidence for a finite neutrino mass we examine anew the interaction of neutrinos in a magnetic field. We present the rate for radiative scattering for both massless and massive neutrinos in the standard model and give the…
We report on a polarized-neutron Laue diffraction experiment on a single crystal of neodynium doped lanthanum magnesium nitrate hydrate containing polarized proton spins. By using dynamic nuclear polarization to polarize the proton spins,…
Spin-echo instruments are typically used to measure diffusive processes and the dynamics and motion in samples on ps and ns timescales. A key aspect of the spin-echo technique is to determine the polarisation of a particle beam. We present…
We review the physics of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and the results and perspectives for the measurements of the radius of the neutron distribution of the nucleus, of the weak mixing angle, and of new neutrino interactions…
A novel polarimeter based on the asymmetry in the spacial distribution of synchrotron radiation will make for a fine addition to the existing M{\o}ller and Compton polarimeters. The spin light polarimeter consists of a set of wiggler magnet…
A general theory of pseudomagnetic effects for the propagation of polarized neutrons through polarized target in multi resonance approach is presented. Some applications related to the proposed search for time reversal invariance violation…
The principle of using strongly scattering materials to recover efficiency in neutron detectors, via back-scattering of unconverted thermal neutrons, is discussed in general. Feasibility of the method is illustrated through Geant4-based…
Compton scattering of twisted photons is investigated within a non-relativistic framework using first-order perturbation theory. We formulate the problem in the density matrix theory, which enables one to gain new insights into scattering…
The fragmentation description is used to analyse calculated neutron scattering intensities from kagom\'e ice and spin ice systems. The longitudinal, transverse and harmonic fragments produce independent contributions to the neutron…
Compton scattering results are used to probe proton structure via measurement of higher order polarizabilities. Values for $\alpha_{E2}^p,\beta_{E2}^p,\alpha_{E\nu}^p,$ $\beta_{E\nu}^p$ determined via dispersion relations are compared to…
We investigate polarization states of the outgoing neutron-proton ($np$) pair in elastic polarized neutron and proton scattering, aiming to find unambiguous evidence for entanglement of their spin states. To obtain complete information…
With the use of theory developed earlier, bulk effects in ultracold neutron coherent inelastic scattering are considered both for solid and liquid target samples related to energy and momentum exchange with phonon and diffusion-like modes.…
A general theoretical framework is developed for interpreting spectropolarimetric observations of optically thin emission line scattering from small dust particles. Spatially integrated and spatially resolved line profiles of both scattered…
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