Chapter
1.10 Time-dependent slowing-down
1.11 The Maxwellian thermal-neutron energy distribution
1.12 The angular distribution at the surface of a moderator – the Fermi approximation
2 Neutron production, moderation, and characterization of sources
2.1 Primary neutron sources
2.2 Moderators and moderation of fast neutrons
2.3 Characterization of sources
3 Scattering theory: nuclear
3.1 Scattering of slow neutrons from a single spinless nucleus
3.2 The Fermi pseudopotential
3.3 Scattering by simple objects: form factors
3.4 Scattering cross sections and scattering length density
3.5 Double differential scattering cross section and the Fermi golden rule
3.6 Coherent and incoherent scattering
3.7 Scattering functions and correlation functions
3.8 Dynamical susceptibility and linear response theory
3.9 Elastic scattering cross sections, total scattering, and static approximation
3.10 Total scattering and multiple scattering
3.11 Examples of correlation functions and the Gaussian approximation
4 Scattering theory: magnetic
4.1 The magnetic moment of the neutron
4.2 Magnetic scattering of neutrons from electrons
4.3 The scattering function, the dynamic correlation function, and the generalized magnetic susceptibility
4.4 Magnetic scattering from atomic electrons in crystalline solids
4.6 Neutron spin-dependent nuclear scattering: coherent and spin-incoherent scattering
4.7 Magnetic scattering from identical paramagnetic spins
4.8 Separation of nuclear coherent, spin-incoherent, and magnetic scattering from a paramagnetic powder
4.9 Polarization analysis of field-induced magnetic form factors
5 Neutron-scattering instruments: diffractometers and reflectometers
5.1 Introduction and early neutron diffraction
5.2 Powder diffractometers
5.3 Single-crystal diffractometers
5.4 Small-angle diffractometers
5.5 Neutron reflectometers
6 Neutron-scattering instruments: spectrometers
6.1 Chopper spectrometers
6.2 Inverse geometry spectrometers
6.3 Triple-axis spectrometers
6.4 Spin-echo spectrometers
7.2 Mirrors and neutron guides
7.5 Crystal monochromators
7.7 Polarizing filters and spin-manipulation devices
8.1 Conversion reactions for slow-neutron detectors
8.3 Scintillation detectors
8.4 Semiconductor detectors
8.5 Integrating detectors
8.6 Microchannel neutron detectors
8.7 Resonance capture gamma-ray neutron detectors
8.8 Detector development needs
9 Nuclear scattering: crystal structures
9.1 Coherent elastic scattering from a perfect crystal: the Laue condition, Bragg's law, and the Ewald sphere
9.2 The crystallographic unit-cell structure factor and the phase problem
9.3 The total elastic coherent scattering cross-section of a single crystal and a powder: the time-of-flight Laue method
9.4 Diffraction methods using monochromatic incident neutrons
9.5 Kinematical approximation and other wavelength- and geometry-dependent factors
9.6 Implications of crystallographic symmetry
9.7 The Patterson function and Patterson symmetry
9.8 Data collection and crystal structure refinement
9.9 Crystal structure refinement
9.10 An example of structural refinement
9.11 Neutron protein crystallography
9.12 Surface crystallography
10 Nuclear scattering: lattice dynamics
10.1 Theoretical framework
10.2 Phenomenological models, microscopic theories, and molecular-dynamics simulations
10.3 Group-theoretical analysis of the phonon dispersion relation
10.4 Neutron measurements of phonon dispersion curves and density of states
10.5 Phonon-related physics and thermodynamic properties
10.7 Studies of phonons in disordered and amorphous solids
11 Nuclear scattering: chemical spectroscopy
11.1 A simple classical liquid: a qualitative discussion of the neutron scattering functions
11.2 Single-particle motion in a liquid: microscopic dynamics at short time
11.3 Single-particle motion in a liquid: diffusion dynamics at long time
11.4 The generalized frequency distribution function
11.5 Coherent quasielastic scattering and de Gennes narrowing
11.6 Fast sound measurements by neutron Brillouin scattering and momentum distribution by deep inelastic scattering
11.7 Hydrogen motion in crystalline lattices
11.8 Rotational spectroscopy in molecular solids
11.9 The elastic incoherent structure factor
11.10 Inelastic scattering from molecular rotation: librational-torsional oscillations and tunneling
12 Magnetic scattering: structures
12.1 Magnetic diffraction using unpolarized neutrons
12.2 The magnetic moment basis vector and propagation vectors
12.3 Single-k, multi-k, higher harmonics of k, and domain structures
12.4 Scattering cross sections of magnetic diffraction from single-crystal and powder samples
12.5 Data collection: some practical considerations
12.6 Solving magnetic structures
12.7 Classification of magnetic structures according to magnetic space groups
12.8 Study of magnetic structures using polarized neutrons
12.9 Beyond spin-ordered structures and concluding remarks
13 Magnetic scattering: excitations
13.1 Excitations from low-lying states of a single ion: the crystal-field effect
13.2 Excitation spectra of spin pairs coupled by the Hiesenberg exchange interaction
13.3 Single molecular magnets
13.4 Spin waves of Heisenberg magnets
13.5 Itinerant electron magnetism
14 Disordered and large structures
14.1 Basic distribution functions obtained from diffraction experiments
14.2 Experimental details and data correction
14.3 Data interpretation and structure models
14.4 Diffuse scattering from local disorder
14.5 The PDF method for analysis of local structures
14.6 Small-angle scattering from structures containing large particles
14.7 SANS from dilute systems
14.8 Characterization of individual particles
14.9 Interparticle interactions: the structure factors
14.10 Experimental setup and SANS data analysis
14.11 Practical examples of structural parameters obtainable from SANS experiments
A.1 Physical constants and numerical relationships
A.2 Dirac delta functions
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