Berakdar, J.

The use of inelastic low-energy neutron scattering from a many-electron target is envisaged as a tool for the investigation of electronic correlation. Specifically, numerical calculations are carried out to estimate the probability that an incoming neutron beam knocks out the nucleus of a helium atom, leaving behind two interacting continuum electrons. The signatures of the electronic correlation and of the electron-electron scattering dynamics in the calculated cross sections are discussed and the proposed method is contrasted with other existing many-particle spectroscopic tools.

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