Abstract
The neutron diffraction phenomena observed in vibrating piezoelectric crystals are explained with the assumption that a perfect single crystal – when vibrating – becomes a mosaic single crystal. The mosaic “blocks” have the form of parallel layers perpendicular to the direction of propagation of longitudinal vibrations. They are not distinctly separated from each other (as in an ordinary mosaic crystal) and change in both time and space. Two methods of calculation were used: the analytical one and the Monte Carlo method. The modulation in time of the intensity of the diffracted neutron beam as well as the increase of the mean intensity observed by other authors were explained in a semiquantitative way.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 423-433 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | physica status solidi (a) |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 16 Feb 1972 |
| Externally published | Yes |