Near-surface quantum states of neutrons in the gravitational and centrifugal potentials

VV Nesvizhevsky - Physics-Uspekhi, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Two related physical phenomena have recently been observed: quantum states of ultracold
neutrons (UCN) in the gravitational field above a flat mirror, and quantum states of cold …

The reflection of very cold neutrons from diamond powder nanoparticles

VV Nesvizhevsky, EV Lychagin, AY Muzychka… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2008 - Elsevier
We study the possibility of efficiently reflecting very cold neutrons (VCN) from powders of
nanoparticles. In particular, we measured the scattering of VCN on powders of diamond …

New methodical developments for GRANIT

S Baessler, AM Gagarski… - Comptes …, 2011 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
De nouveaux développements méthodologiques relatifs au spectromètre GRANIT
concernent lʼamélioration des paramètres critiques de cette installation expérimentale …

Coherent scattering of slow neutrons at nanoparticles in particle physics experiments

EV Lychagin, AY Muzychka, VV Nesvizhevsky… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Usually Ultra Cold Neutrons (UCN) and Very Cold Neutrons (VCN) are not efficiently
scattered by individual atoms in matter due to their large wavelength. On the contrary, such …

Structural transitions in ice samples at low temperatures and pressures

VB Efimov, AN Izotov, AA Levchenko… - JETP letters, 2011 - Springer
The structure of ice samples formed in the decay of a water impurity gel at temperatures
above 4 K and atmospheric pressure has been examined. The X-ray diffraction analysis …

Structural and phase transitions in nanocluster ethanol samples at low temperatures

V Efimov, A Izotov, L Mezhov-Deglin… - Low Temperature …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Results of neutron (SANS study) and x-ray diffraction experiments with nanocluster samples
of deuteroethanol (C 2 D 5 OD) or ordinary pure ethanol (C 2 H 5 OH) are presented. A …

Instability of Small Deuterium Clusters in Superfluid Helium near the λ Point

NV Krainyukova, VB Efimov… - Journal of Low …, 2013 - Springer
We present the results of quasielastic small-angle neutron scattering study of deuterium
clusters immersed in superfluid 4 He. Diffraction intensities exhibit a very strong change in a …

Neutron scattering on impurity nanoclusters in gel samples

VB Efimov, LP Mezhov-Deglin… - Advances in High …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Results of recent SANS experiments with impurity‐helium gel (IHG) samples in He‐II are
presented. We estimate the mean size of the impurity nanoparticles that form the frame of the …

Nanocluster magnetic gel in superfluid He-II

VB Efimov, AV Lokhov, LP Mezhov-Deglin, C Dewhurst… - JETP letters, 2014 - Springer
The first results of the study of the structure of an impurity oxygen gel in superfluid He-II and
in normal liquid helium have been obtained by the small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) …

Helium impurity nanocluster gels in superfluid helium

VB Efimov, AN Izotov, LP Mezhov-Deglin - Bulletin of the russian academy …, 2013 - Springer
Rapid cooling of a helium impurity gas mixture to the superfluid helium temperatures allows
us to prepare an impurity-helium condensate with jelly-like structure (impurity gel) in …