2009 NCNR/NSF Summer School Course Materials
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The lecture presentations will be posted here as they come available.
Student Presentations
- Shape Fluctuations of a Spherical Surfactant Shell in a Microemulsion - Group A
- Hydration water dynamics near d-NAGMA studied by DCS - Group B
- Study of α-relaxation in PVME - Group C
- A study of CdCr2O4 using SPINS - Group D
- Adventures in Spin Waves - Group E
Lectures and Invited Talks
- Science with Neutrons - Dan Neumann
- Fundamental Properties of the Neutron: Part 1 - M.S. Dewey
- Fundamental Properties of the Neutron: Part 2a - M.S. Dewey
- Fundamental Properties of the Neutron: Part 2b - M.S. Dewey
- How Neutrons Are Produced - Robert E. Williams
- Dynamics and Neutron Scattering - John Copley
- Neutron Spin Echo - Mainstream and Bizarroids - Bela Farago
- Choosing the Right Neutron Spectrometer - Peter Gehring
- Iron-Based Magnetic Superconductors - Jeff Lynn
Introduction to Neutron Scattering
Roger Pynn of Los Alamos National Laboratories has written a thorough series of lectures intended as an introduction to neutron scattering.
- Neutron Scattering - A Primer
- LECTURE 1: Introduction & Neutron Scattering “Theory”
- LECTURE 2: Neutron Scattering Instrumentation & Facilities
- LECTURE 6: Inelastic Scattering
Inelastic Neutron Scattering Instrumentation
- The high-flux backscattering spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research by A. Meyer, et. al.
- The Disk Chopper Spectrometer at NIST: a new instrument for quasielastic neutron scattering studies by J.R.D. Copley, et. al.
- Time-of-flight spectroscopy and the Disk Chopper Spectrometer - John Copley
- A Lecture on the Neutron Spin-Echo Technique
- The Neutron Spin-Echo Technique and The Basic Equations on Neutron Spin-Echo
Experimental Handouts
- BT7 Triple-Axis Experiment Handout - Magnetic Phase Transition and Spin Wave Excitations in the Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites: An Experiment Using the BT7 Triple-Axis Spectrometer
- DCS Experiment Handout - Hydration water dynamics near biological surfaces: an experiment using the NCNR Disk Chopper Spectrometer
- HFBS Experiment Handout - Study of Methyl Group Rotations and Primary Relaxations in Poly(Vinyl Methyl Ether)
- NSE Experiment Handout - Shape fluctuations of a spherical surfactant shell in a microemulsion
- SPINS Experiment Handout - The Magnetic Correlations and Fluctuations in the Geometrically Frustrated Antiferromagnetic Spinel CdCr2O4: An Experiment Using the SPINS Triple-Axis Spectrometer