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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

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INR 1000yesIIT Bombay

The Syllabus

  • Properties of neutron, Comparison with other probes: optical rays, x-rays, electrons,  Nature of interaction between neutrons and matter at microscopic length scale

  • Neutron Sources: Reactors and Accelerator based sources, Neutron Scattering Instrumentation for condensed matter studies vis a vis neutron sources, Neutron detectors.

  • Principles of Neutron Scattering under Born approximation, Scattering Laws, coherent and incoherent scattering, Principle of detailed balance, correlation functions.

  • Neutron diffraction at different length scales: microscopic to mesoscopic.

  • Neutron diffraction from powders, single crystals, liquid and amorphous systems

  • Magnetic structure using neutron diffraction

  • Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) from precipitates and inhomogeneities

  • Polarized Neutron Reflectometry (PNR) from magnetic thin films

  • Back to Born approximation and scattering law. Inelastic and Quasi-elastic neutron scattering for  dynamics in condensed matter.

  • Inelastic neutron scattering from phonons. Experiments to determine phonon dispersion relations using single crystals and phonon density of states from powders. Magnons.

  • Quasi-elastic neutron scattering to determine stochastic dynamics like diffusion in solids and liquids

  • Detailed discussion on available neutron sources and spectrometers at nuclear reactors and spallation neutron sources for experiment design with examples.

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