Modules
Sl.No Chapter Name Assignments
1 Assignment 1: Basics of Neutron Scattering Download
2 Assignment 2: Basics of Neutron Scattering Download
3 Assignment 3: Inelastic Download
4 Assignment 4: Neutron Reflectivity Download
5 Assignment 5: SANS Download
6 Assignment 6: Magnetic Neutron Scattering Download
Sr.No Chapter Name Keywords
1 Lecture 1: Properties of neutron and its utilization for condensed matter Nuclear Reactors,Thermal Neutron, Spallation Neutron Source, Neutron Scattering Length.
2 Lecture 2: Neutron Sources, Neutron transport, beam lines Fermi Pseudo-potential, Fermi Golden Rule, Coherent Scattering Cross-section, Incoherent Scattering Cross-section.
3 Lecture 3: Neutron Sources, Neutron transport, beam lines Coherent and Incoherent Scattering Cross-section, X-Ray Diffraction, Structure Factor, Form Factor.
4 Lecture 4: Basics of neutron scattering under Born Approximation, Correlation function, Scattering Law Laue Pattern, Debye Waller Factor, Magnetic Neutron Diffraction, Master Formula for Scattering
5 Lecture 5: Basics of neutron scattering under Born Approximation, Correlation function, Scattering Law Correlation function, Diffraction, Rietveldt analysis
6 Lecture 6: Basics of neutron scattering under Born Approximation, Correlation function, Scattering Law Greens function, Scattering law,Small Angle Neutron Scattering
7 Lecture 7: Basics of neutron scattering under Born Approximation, Correlation function, Scattering Law Neutron beam tubes, Neutron guide tubes, neutron instruments, Length scales, Inelastic scattering
8 Lecture 8: Basics of neutron scattering under Born Approximation, Correlation function, Scattering Law Liquid and amorphous systems, Small Angle Neutron Scattering, Polarized Neutron Reflectometer, Cold neutron source, hot neutron source
9 Lecture 9: Tutorial Tutorial: discussion on assignment 1
10 Lecture 10: Neutron Spectrometers and Neutron Detectors Triple axis spectrometer, inelastic neutron scattering, Quasi elastic neutron scattering
11 Lecture 11: Neutron Spectrometers and Neutron Detectors Pulsed neutron source, Time-of-flight, neutron detector, monitor detector, neutron detector
12 Lecture 12: Tutorial Sample environment, Breit-Wigner formula, optical theorem, optical theorem
13 Lecture 13: Introduction to Detectors Neutron Detectors, X-ray detectors, One dimensional position sensitive detectors, Area detectors
14 Lecture 14: Introduction to Magnetic Neutron Scattering Magnetic neutron scattering, Hund’s rule, Brillouin function, Magnetic phase transition, Super exchange, RKKY interaction, Spin Glass, Spintronics
15 Lecture 15: Differential cross-section for magnetic neutron scattering in dipole approximation, Magnetic form fa Magnetic domain, Ferromagnet, Ferrimagnet, Antiferromagnet, Bragg diffraction, Spin Polarization, Magnetic scattering length
16 Lecture 16: Determination of magnetic structures by neutron diffraction-I Magnetic form factor, Nuclear magneton, Bohr magneton, Rietveld analysis, x-ray magnetic scattering, FullProf analysis
17 Lecture 17: Determination of magnetic structures by neutron diffraction-II Reciprocal lattice, Ewald construction, Rietveld refinement, Bragg’s law, Magnetic scattering length
18 Lecture 18: Elastic and Inelastic Magnetic Neutron Scattering Coherent magnetic scattering, Antiferromagnetic order, magnetic propagation vector
19 Lecture 19: Tutorial Neutron diffraction, FullProf Suite, Rietveld analysis, Commensurate structure, Wyckoff Positions
20 Lecture 20: Polarized Neutron Magnetic neutron diffraction,Gaussian function, Lorentzian function, Pseudo Voigt fnction, Irreducible representation, Shubnikov groups
21 Lecture 21: Neutron Depolarization in Magnetic Materials Space group, Reciprocal lattice, Neutron depolarization, Simulated annealing
22 Lecture 22: Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem and Dynamic correlation function Magnetic structure, site average moment, Basis vector, Symmetry operation
23 Lecture 23: Neutron scattering from spin waves Magnetic structure, Simulated annealing, Neutron Polarization, Flipping ratio
24 Lecture 24: Tutorial Summary of module, Neutron spectrometers, Spin-flip, Polarizing moochromators, Magnetic domain
25 Lecture 25: Vibrational spectroscopy using Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS) Lattice dynamics theory Inelastic neutron scattering, Quasi-elastic neutron scattering, Phonons, Phonon dispersion relation, Dynamical structure factor, Phonon density of states, Triple axis spectrometer Time-of-Flight spectrometer
26 Lecture 26: Inelastic and Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Inelastic and Quasi-elastic neutron scattering, Phonons, Diffusion, Triple-axis-spectrometer, Spin-echo spectrometer
27 Lecture 27: Inelastic and Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Inelastic and Quasieleastic, Periodic dynamics, Stochastic dynamics, Lattice dynamics, Phonons, Harmonic approximation, Adiabatic approximation, Density Functional theory, Phonon Density of states
28 Lecture 28: Inelastic and Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Phonon Dispersion relation, Dynamical structure factor, Acoustic mode, Optic mode, Phonon population
29 Lecture 29: Tutorial on INS Summary of the module and Tutorial
30 Lecture 30: Stochastic dynamics using Quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) Molecular dynamics simulation Translational diffusion, Rotational diffusion, Quasi-elastic scattering, Lorentzian distribution, Self correlation, Distinct correlation, Activation energy, Collective dynamics
31 Lecture 31: Stochastic dynamics using Quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) Molecular dynamics simulation Phonons, Crystal alignment, Lattice dynamics, problem session
32 Lecture 32: Stochastic dynamics using Quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) Molecular dynamics simulation Quasi-elastic spectrometer, Molecular dynamics simulation, Pair potential, Spallation neutron source, Time-of-Flight spectrometer
33 Lecture 33: Tutorial on QENS Kinetic average and Temperature, Arrhenius relation, Problem seaaion
34 Lecture 34: Small-Angle Neutron and X-Ray Scattering Facilities Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS), Contrast variation, Guinier rgion, Fractals, SANS at Dhruva, SWAXS at INDUS II
35 Lecture 35: Contrast Variation in Small-Angle Scattering Isotope contrast, Spin contrast, Magnetic contrast, Structure factor, Pair correlation function, Scattering length density, micelles, Anomalous SAXS
36 Lecture 36: Data Analysis Methods Data analysis, Guinier analysis, multiple scattering, Data correction and normalization, Neutron velocity selectors, Proteins, Dynamic light scattering
37 Lecture 37: Applications to Soft Matter, Nanomaterials and Biology Soft matter, Self assembly, Proteins, Block copolymers, Zeta potential
38 Lecture 38: Tutorial Tutorial, Sample handling, Data analysis
39 Lecture 39: Introduction to Neutron and x-ray Reflectometry Neutron Reflectometry, Polarized Neutron Reflectometry (PNR), X-ray Reflectometry (XRR), Neutron refractive index, Fresnel reflectivity, multilayers, Interfaces
40 Lecture 40: Reflectometry facility and data analysis PNR, Off-specular reflectivity, PNR instrument (Dhruva), Fractal dimension, Hurst parameter, Neutron supermirror, Mezei Flipper, Position Sensitive Detector, Kiessig oscillation, Bragg peak, Debye-Waller like function, Foot-print effect
41 Lecture 41: Investigation of depth dependent magnetic structure using polarized neutron reflectivity Data analysis, Genetic algorithm, χ2 minimization, multilayer interface, Biofilms
42 Lecture 42: Investigation of depth dependent magnetic structure using polarized neutron reflectivity Exchange bias, Emerging phenomena at interfaces, ISIS neutron source
43 Lecture 43: Tutorial Summary of the topic, Tutorial
Sr.No Book Name Author Name
1 Neutron Diffraction G. Bacon
(Clarendon, Oxford 1975)
2 Thermal Neutron Scattering P.A. Egelstaff
(Academic Press)
3 Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering W. Marshall, S.W. Lovesey
(Clarendon,Oxford 1971)
4 Thermal Neutron Scattering G.L. Squires
(Cambridge University Press, 1978)
5 Methods in Experimental Physics, Vol. 23 eds. D.L. Price, Kurt Skold
(Academic Inc.USA 1987)
6 Neutron scattering in condensed matter A. Furrer, J. Mesot, T Strässle
(world Scientific)
7 Methods of Experimental Physics Ed. D.L. Price and K. Sköld P 99:Neutron Sources J.M. Carpentar and W.B. Yelon
(Academic Press)
8 Topics in Current Physics, Vol 6 ‘Neutron Diffraction’ H. Dachs
(Springer)
9 Structure Analysis by Small-Angle X-Ray and Neutron Scattering L.A. Feigin and D.I.Svergun
(Plenum Press, New York, 1987)
10 Neutron, X-Ray and Light Scattering P. Lindner and T. Zemb
(North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991)
11 Neutron Scattering from Polymers J.S. Higgins and H. Benoit
(Clarendon, Oxford, 1994)