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Course Materials

EXPERIMENTs 

Thermal Triple Axis (BT-7):

Instrument Webpage

Staff Contacts: Yang.Zhao [at] nist.gov (Yang[dot]Zhao[at]nist[dot]gov),   Rebecca.Dally [at] nist.gov (Rebecca[dot]Dally[at]nist[dot]gov), Guangyong.Xu [at] nist.gov (Guangyong[dot]Xu[at]nist[dot]gov)

Experiment Handout: Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites

Experiment Data: BT-7 Data files

Slides: Triple Axis Presentation     BT7 Introduction

 

Multi-axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS):

Instrument Webpage

Staff Contacts: Jose.Rodriguez [at] nist.gov (Jose[dot]Rodriguez[at]nist[dot]gov),    Yiming.Qiu [at] nist.gov (Yiming[dot]Qiu[at]nist[dot]gov)

Experiment Handout: 1D Fluctuations in a Spin-1/2 AFM Chain

Experiment Data: MACS Data Files

 

Disk Chopper Spectrometer (DCS):

Instrument Webpage

Staff Contacts: Craig.Brown [at] nist.gov (Craig[dot]Brown[at]nist[dot]gov),   Nick.Butch [at] nist.gov (Nick[dot]Butch[at]nist[dot]gov),   Wei.Zhou [at] nist.gov (Wei[dot]Zhou[at]nist[dot]gov)

Experiment Handout: Ligand Dynamics in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Experiment Data: DCS Data Files   DCS Data Files II

Data Reduction:  DCS Data Reduction Guide

Slides: DCS Introduction    DCS Experiment

 

Backscattering Spectrometer (HFBS):

Instrument Webpage

Staff Contacts: Madhusudan.Tyagi [at] nist.gov (Madhusudan[dot]Tyagi[at]nist[dot]gov)

Experiment Handout: Ethylene Glycol in Antifreeze Mixtures 

Experiment Data: HFBS Data Files

Slides: Guide to HFBS Experiments

 

Spin Echo Spectrometer (NSE):

Instrument Webpage

Staff Contacts: Antonio.Faraone [at] nist.gov (Antonio[dot]Faraone[at]nist[dot]gov)Elizabeth.Kelley [at] nist.gov (Elizabeth[dot]Kelley[at]nist[dot]gov),   Michihiro.Nagao [at] nist.gov (Michihiro[dot]Nagao[at]nist[dot]gov)

Experiment Handout: Single Chain Dynamics in a Polymer Melt

Experiment Data: Spin Echo Data Files

 

Software Installation Instructions

Neutron Spectroscopy School Software

DAVE

SpinW

Additional Preparation Material

 

Lectures

Monday Talk:         Intro to Inelastic Neutron Scattering

Tuesday Talk:        NIST Reactor and Cold Source

Wednesday Talk:  Choosing the Right Spectrometer

Thursday Talk:      Applying for Beamtime

Created January 12, 2024