Off-specular neutron reflection from magnetic media with nondiagonal reflectivity matrices
Korneev D.A., Bodnarchuk V.I., Ignatovich V.K.
The reflection of neutrons from magnetic substances is described using the reflection matrix with nondiagonal, in general, matrix elements which determine neutron spin reverse. In external field the spin reverse is accompanied by changes of the neutron kinetic energy and, as results, ihe reflection angle. The experiment to observe this new effect is described and its results are reported. PACS: 61.12.-q; 75.70.-i; 78.66.-w