Summer School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy

NIST Center for Neutron Research
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

June 20-24, 2005

Course Materials

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For an introduction to neutron scattering take a look at
neutron scattering - A PRIMER by Roger Pynn
LAUR-95-3840
Los Alamos Science, Vol. 19, 1990.

GENERAL LECTURE PRESENTATIONS

• Neutron scattering and dynamics (PDF 8.43 MB)
  
• Choosing the right neutron spectrometer (PDF 864 KB)
  
• The NIST Research Reactor and Cold Neutron Source (PDF 2.61 MB)
  
• Radiation safety - Health physics (PDF 5.86 MB)

INSTRUMENT LECTURE PRESENTATIONS

• The orientational order/disorder transition in buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀): an experiment... (PDF 3.92 MB)
  
• Quantum rotations in methyl iodide (PDF 865 KB)
  
• Of Manganites and Magnetoresistance (PDF 715 KB)
  
• Shape fluctuations of microemulsion droplets studied by Neutron Spin Echo (NSE) (PDF 355 KB)
  

INVITED LECTURES

• Bending Elasticity of Bio-Membranes Studied by Neutron Spin-Echo (PDF 3.00 MB)
  
• Unravelling the Mysteries in Complex Oxides by Neutron Scattering (PDF 8.55 MB)
  

EXPERIMENT HANDOUTS

• Quantum rotations in Methyl Iodide (CH₃I) (backscattering experiment) (PDF 549 KB)
  
• The magnetic phase transition and spin wave excitations in the perovskite La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃: an experiment... (PDF 1.22 MB)
  
• The orientational order/disorder transition in buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀): an experiment... (PDF 2.29 MB)
  
• Shape fluctuations of a spherical surfactant shell in a microemulsion (PDF 540 KB)

MISCELLANEOUS HANDOUTS

• Time-of-flight measurements using the Disk Chopper Spectrometer (PDF 252 KB)
• Neutron spin echo spectroscopy (PDF 252 KB)

STUDENT GROUP PRESENTATIONS

• Disk chopper spectrometer, group B (PDF 1.84 MB)
• Disk chopper spectrometer, group C (PDF 745 KB)
• Backscattering spectrometer, group A (PDF 2.42 MB)
• Backscattering spectrometer, group D (PDF 847 KB)
• Spin Echo spectrometer, group A (PDF 2.23 MB)
• Spin Echo spectrometer, group D (PDF 2.66 MB)
• SPINS spectrometer, groups B and C (PDF 1.26 MB)

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