Signature of surface anisotropy in the spin-flip neutron scattering cross section of spherical nanoparticles: Atomistic simulations and analytical theory
ADAMS, Michael Philipp; SINAGA, Evelyn Pratami; Kachkachi, Hamidet al.
SINAGA, Evelyn Pratami ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
Signature of surface anisotropy in the spin-flip neutron scattering cross section of spherical nanoparticles: Atomistic simulations and analytical theory
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We emphasize that in the spin-flip SANS cross section (Equation presented) [Eq. (5) without the chiral function] the combinations of the cross-correlation functions (Equation presented) cancel out their imaginary parts (more specifically, in terms (Equation presented)), which is why only the real-parts of the (Equation presented) are effective.
