Syllabus
- fundamentals of experimental technique: sources, distribution and detection of neutrons, neutron spectrometers
- neutron scattering by crystal lattice excitations
- examples of experimental results: phonons, structural phase transitions, diffusion, dynamical correlations in disordered structures
- polarized neutrons
- neutron scattering by excitations in magnetic systems
- examples of experimental results: crystal field effects, magnons, critical fluctuations, superconductivity
- analogous experimental techniques using X-rays
Annotation
Fundamentals of experimental technique: sources, distribution and detection of neutrons, neutron spectrometers;- neutron scattering by crystal lattice excitations; examples of experimental results: phonons, structural phase transitions, diffusion, dynamical correlations in disordered structures; polarized neutrons; neutron scattering by excitations in magnetic systems; examples of experimental results: crystal field effects, magnons, critical fluctuations, superconductivity; analogous experimental techniques using X-rays.
Literature:
Squires G.L.
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