Elements of Slow-Neutron Scattering

John M. Carpenter was Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Michigan from 1964–75. He later became a senior physicist at Argonne National Laboratory where he originated and built the first accelerator-based pulsed neutron sources. He is now a Distinguished Scientist Emeritus at Argonne National Laboratory and was awarded the Clifford Shull Prize in Neutron Physics in 2006. Chun-Keung Loong was a senior physicist at Argonne-IPNS for twenty-five years. He engaged in the development of neutron time-of-flight spectroscopy and conducted numerous collaborative studies of advanced materials at pulsed and steady-state neutron sources worldwide. He is a seasoned lecturer and organizer of international workshops at many universities and government laboratories in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

Introduction; 1. About neutrons; 2. Neutron production, moderation, characterization of sources; 3. Scattering theory: nuclear; 4. Scattering theory: magnetic; 5. Neutron scattering instruments: diffractometers and reflectometers; 6. Neutron scattering instruments: spectrometers; 7. Devices; 8. Detectors; 9. Nuclear scattering: crystal structures; 10. Nuclear scattering: lattice dynamics; 11. Nuclear scattering: chemical spectroscopy; 12. Magnetic scattering: structures; 13. Magnetic scattering: excitations; 14. Disordered and large structures.