Summer School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy

Summer School on Methods and Applications of
Neutron Spectroscopy

NIST Center for Neutron Research
June 18-22, 2001

Course Materials

As they become available, summer school course materials are being placed on the Web.
You are advised to check this page from time to time between now and the summer school.

A useful introduction to neutron scattering, written by an acknowledged expert in the field, Roger Pynn, is already available on the Web, and students are strongly encouraged to read it before the summer school:
Either go to Los Alamos Science Summer 1990 and click on "Neutron Scattering-A Primer", or go directly to Neutron Scattering-A Primer.

For neutron scattering lengths and cross sections click here.

Here are some general reference texts:
G.L. Squires, "Introduction to the Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering", Cambridge University Press (1978), republished by Dover (1996).
M. Bee, "Quasielastic Neutron Scattering", Adam Hilger, Bristol (1988).
R. Hempelmann, "Quasielastic Neutron Scattering and Solid State Diffusion", Clarendon Press, Oxford (2000).
S.W. Lovesey, "Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering from Condensed Matter", Clarendon Press, Oxford (1987).
G.E. Bacon, "Neutron Diffraction", Clarendon Press, Oxford (1975).

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Monday morning talks:
Dynamics and Neutron Scatteringx [Use AR] (2.0 Mb)
Choice of Spectrometer for Inelastic Scattering [Use AR]
The NIST Research Reactor and Cold Neutron Source [Use AR] (94.5 Mb)
Health Physics [Use AR]

Writeups describing the hands-on experiments:
Diffusion of Surfactant Micelles (NSE) [Use AR]
Quantum rotations in Methyl Iodide (CH3I) (HFBS and FANS) [Use AR]
Rotational ligand dynamics in Mn[N(CN)2]2.pyrazine (DCS) [Use AR]
The Magnetic Phase Transition and Excitations in the Frustrated Antiferromagnet ZnCr2O4 (SPINS) [Use AR]
The Magnetic Phase Transition and Excitations in the Frustrated Antiferromagnet ZnCr2O4 (SPINS) [Use GV]

Slides from talks describing hands-on experiments:
Time-of-flight Spectroscopy [Use AR] (1.2 Mb)
Triple-axis spectroscopy [Use AR]

For a discussion of the neutron spin echo technique and of the NSE instrument at the NCNR, click here. [Use AR]

For a general interest discussion about choices of sample cans and sample environments, click here. [Use AR]

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