Preface |
Introduction / 1: |
Why neutron scattering? / 1.1: |
Basic properties of the neutron / 1.2: |
Basic principles of Neutron Scattering / 2: |
Aim of a neutron scattering experiment / 2.1: |
Neutron scattering cross-section / 2.2: |
Correlation functions / 2.3: |
Coherent and incoherent scattering / 2.4: |
Principle of detailed balance / 2.5: |
Magnetic scattering / 2.6: |
Polarized neutrons / 2.7: |
Dynamical neutron scattering / 2.8: |
Further reading / 2.9: |
Instrumentation / 3: |
Neutron sources / 3.1: |
Historical evolution of neutron sources / 3.1.1: |
Practical requirements for neutron sources / 3.1.2: |
Fission sources / 3.1.3: |
Spallation sources / 3.1.4: |
Moderation of neutrons / 3.1.5: |
Instrument component / 3.2: |
Beam tubes and static collimators / 3.2.1: |
Neutron guides / 3.2.2: |
Time-of-flight monochromators / 3.2.3: |
Monochromators (and analyzer) crystals / 3.2.4: |
Neutron beam filters / 3.2.5: |
Spin polarizers (and spin analyzers) / 3.2.6: |
Guide fields and spin flippers / 3.2.7: |
Detectors / 3.2.8: |
Neutrons instruments / 3.3: |
Introductory remarks / 3.3.1: |
Powder diffractometers / 3.3.2: |
Single-crystal diffractometers / 3.3.3: |
Small-angle scattering instruments / 3.3.4: |
Reflectometers / 3.3.5: |
Time-of-flight spectrometers / 3.3.6: |
Triple-axis spectrometers / 3.3.7: |
Backscattering spectrometers / 3.3.8: |
Spin-echo spectrometers / 3.3.9: |
Sample environment / 3.4: |
Temperature / 3.4.1: |
Magnetic field / 3.4.2: |
Pressure / 3.4.3: |
Structure Determinations / 3.5: |
Cross section / 4.1: |
Examples of structure factors / 4.2: |
Polycrystalline materials / 4.3: |
Single crystals / 4.4: |
Rotating crystal method / 4.4.1: |
Laue method / 4.4.2: |
Extinction and absorption / 4.5: |
Characterization of residual stress / 4.6: |
Exercises / 4.7: |
Solutions / 4.9: |
Lattice Dynamics / 5: |
Cross section for one-phonon scattering / 5.1: |
Phonon dispersion relations and polarization vectors / 5.2: |
Linear chain with identical atoms / 5.2.1: |
Linear chain with two different atoms / 5.2.2: |
Experimental / 5.2.3: |
Incoherent scattering phonon density of states / 5.3: |
Multi-phonon processes: coherent scattering / 5.4: |
Exercise / 5.5: |
Liquids and Amorphous Materials / 5.7: |
Static structure factor / 6.1: |
Diffusion / 6.3: |
Magnetic Structures / 6.4: |
General cross section / 7.1: |
Paramagnets / 7.2: |
Ferromagnets / 7.3: |
Antiferromagnets / 7.4: |
Helical spin structures (magnetic spiral structures) / 7.5: |
Magnetic ordering wavevector / 7.6: |
Zero-field magnetization / 7.7: |
Spin densities / 7.8: |
Magnetic Excitations / 7.9: |
Magnetic cluster excitations / 8.1: |
Dimers / 8.1.1: |
Trimers / 8.1.2: |
Tetramers / 8.1.3: |
N-mers / 8.1.4: |
Spin waves / 8.2: |
The random-phase approximation / 8.2.1: |
Solitons / 8.3: |
Solution / 8.4: |
Crystal-Field Transitions / 9: |
Elementary concept of crystal fields / 9.1: |
Crystal-field interaction of f-election system / 9.2: |
Neutron cross-section / 9.3: |
Interaction of the crystal-field spilt ions / 9.4: |
Intermultiplet crystal-field transitions / 9.5: |
Calculation of thermodynamic magnetic properties / 9.6: |
phase Transitions / 9.7: |
Structural phase transitions / 10.1: |
Phase transitions in ice / 10.3: |
Magnetic Phase transitions / 10.4: |
Quantum Phase transitions / 10.5: |
Superconductivity / 10.6: |
The flux-line lattice / 11.1: |
Phonon density of states / 11.3: |
Phonon energies and linewidths / 11.4: |
Relaxation effects of crystal-field transitions / 11.5: |
Spin fluctuations in high-temperature superconductors / 11.6: |
Superfluidity / 11.7: |
Liquid 4He / 12.1: |
Phase diagram / 12.2.1: |
Elementary excitations / 12.2.2: |
The condensate fraction / 12.2.3: |
Liquid 3He / 12.2.4: |
Defects in Solids / 12.3.1: |
Short-range order of point defects / 13.1: |
Macro-defects / 13.3: |
The triangulation method / 13.4: |
Resonant and local modes / 13.5: |
Surface and Interface / 13.6: |
Specular reflection / 14.1: |
Off-specular reflection / 14.3: |
Grazing incidence scattering scattering / 14.4: |
Hydrogen Dynamics / 14.5: |
Dynamics of the hydrogen bond / 15.1: |
Hydrogen tunneling / 15.3: |
Dirac ?-function and Lattice Sims / 15.4: |
Neutron Scattering Lengths and Cross Sections / Appendix B: |
Paul Spin Operators / Appendix C: |
Cross Section for Magnetic Neutron Scattering / Appendix D: |
Crystal Lattice and reciporocal Lattice / Appendix E: |
The 3-j and 6-j Symbols / Appendix F: |
Impulse Approximation / Appendix G: |
List of Symbols |
Bibliography |
Index |
Preface |
Introduction / 1: |
Why neutron scattering? / 1.1: |
Basic properties of the neutron / 1.2: |
Basic principles of Neutron Scattering / 2: |
Aim of a neutron scattering experiment / 2.1: |