Principles of neutron scattering from condensed matter

This textbook provides a comprehensive account of the many different ways neutrons are being used to investigate the behaviour of atoms and molecules in bulk matter. It provides a modern and pedagogical treatment of the principles behind the various neutron scattering techniques that are used at fac...

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Main Author: Boothroyd, Andrew T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press 2020
Edition:First edition
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505 0 |a Intro -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Basic Concepts -- Particles and waves -- Uncertainty in position and wavelength -- Free particle wave function -- Normalization of the wave function -- Neutron flux -- Spin and polarization -- Production of neutrons -- Reactor sources -- Spallation sources -- Compact accelerator-driven sources -- Fusion sources -- Interactions with matter -- The nuclear interaction -- The electromagnetic interaction -- Scattering kinematics -- Scattering from nuclei -- Isolated bound nucleus: the scattering length -- Scattering from systems of bound nuclei 
505 8 |a Elastic scattering as a Fourier transform -- Cross-sections -- Scattering cross-sections -- Absorption cross-section -- Complex scattering lengths -- Mean free path and transmission -- Coherent and incoherent scattering -- Isotopic dependence of scattering length -- Nuclear spin dependence of scattering length -- Other sources of incoherence -- Tables of scattering lengths and cross-sections -- Scattering properties of hydrogen -- Cross-sections for a free atom -- Chapter summary -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Diffraction in the Static Approximation -- Crystals -- Crystal lattice -- Motif 
505 8 |a Unit cell -- Crystal symmetry -- Atomic coordinates, directions, and planes -- The reciprocal lattice -- Reciprocal lattice units -- Diffraction from crystals -- Bragg's Law -- Laue formulation of diffraction -- Equivalence of Bragg and Laue formulations -- The structure factor -- Non-primitive unit cells -- The phase problem -- Friedel's law -- Summary: the differential cross-section -- Periodic distortion of a crystal -- Disorder in crystalline materials -- Short-range order -- The correlation length -- Two- and one-dimensional systems -- Point defects -- Thermal diffuse scattering 
505 8 |a Liquids and disordered solids -- Spherical averaging -- Pair distribution function -- Density correlations and diffraction -- The zero-Q limit and bulk fluctuations -- Molecular systems -- The form factor -- Inter-molecular interference -- Small-angle neutron scattering -- Flexible linear polymer -- Continuous particles: the sphere -- Fractals -- The Guinier approximation -- Particles in continuous media: contrast -- Chapter summary -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Kinematical Theory of Scattering -- The partial differential cross-section -- The Born approximation -- Elastic scattering 
505 8 |a Correlation functions -- Integral representation of the delta function -- Introduction of Heisenberg operators -- Summation over target eigenstates -- New formulation for the cross-section -- The response function and intermediate function -- Properties of correlation and response functions -- Properties of the correlation function -- Response function is real and positive -- The Principle of Detailed Balance -- Static and dynamic correlations -- The Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem -- Sum rules, limiting cases, and approximations -- Uniform static susceptibility -- Spectral-weight function 
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