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Article: WANT SKILLS IN NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY? GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL!(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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In June 2001, the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) conducted its seventh annual summer school geared for students at the graduate level. Partially funded by the National Science Foundation, this year's course focused on the methods and applications of low-energy neutron spectroscopy, an experimental technique widely used to study the motion of atoms, molecules and magnetic moments in a variety of condensed matter systems (mostly solids). The emphasis was on scattering methods that employ long-wavelength neutrons to achieve high-energy resolution.
Students performed a variety of hands-on experiments using five of NCNR's state-of-the-art neutron scattering ...