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Neutrons

Le réacteur Orphée.

Les neutrons permettent de sonder la matière et leur sensibilité aux éléments légers et au magnétisme en font une sonde unique et originale. A l'IRAMIS , l’utilisation de la spectrométrie neutronique dans divers domaines de la recherche fondamentale et appliquée est développée au Laboratoire mixte CEA-CNRS Léon Brillouin à Saclay. L'activité scientifique propre du laboratoire peut se regrouper en trois secteurs sensiblement d'égale importance: la physico-chimie, les études structurales et de transition de phases, le magnétisme et la supraconductivité.


 

 

Neutron diffusion make possible to probe the matter and its sensitivity to the light elements and to magnetism make it a single and original probe. Within IRAMIS, neutron spectrometry is used in various fields in fundamental and applied research and is developed at the CEA-CNRS Laboratory Leon Brillouin (LLB) in Saclay. Neutrons are mainly intended for the study of condensed matter. The scientific activity of the laboratory belongs to three sectors of equal importance: physicochemistry, structural studies and phase transitions, magnetism and supraconductivity.

 

 
Neutrons

The Orphée reactor.

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