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The present European success in neutron physics and in neutron scattering applied to condensed matter research rests upon the subtle interaction of new instrument requirements for an expanding scientific program in Physics, Chemistry and Biology and the programme of invention of neutron instruments, which has long been a characteristic of neutron physics, particularly in Germany. Although this distinction between the role played by the instrument demands of “problem oriented” scientists and the interest of “instrument inventors” is somewhat facile, I believe it to be worthwhile since progress needs both components; many of the uses of a new method only becoming evident as it is improved under the conditions of real experiment. The Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble brings both streams together and a measure of its importance on the World scene can be seen in Figure 1, which charts the world publications in Neutron Physics and Neutron Scattering since the neutron’s discovery.
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White, J.W. (1980). Neutron Physics and Neutron Scattering —Trends in Applications to Materials Science. In: Bethge, K., Baumann, H., Jex, H., Rauch, F. (eds) Nuclear Physics Methods in Materials Research. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-85996-9_3
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