| 1 |
Overview: Neutron Interactions and Cross Sections |
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| 2-4 |
Neutron Elastic Scattering: Thermal Motion and Chemical Binding Effects |
Problem set 1 due in lecture 4 |
| 5 |
Particle Simulations I: Monte Carlo Basics |
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| 6-7 |
Further Discussions: Monte Carlo in Statistical Physics and Radiation Transport |
Problem set 2 due in lecture 7 |
| 8 |
The Neutron Transport Equation: A Balance of Distributions |
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| 9 |
Neutron Slowing Down |
Problem set 3 due |
| 10 |
Neutron Diffusion |
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| 11 |
Criticality of Multiplying Systems |
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| 12 |
Particle Simulation Methods II: Basic Molecular Dynamics |
Problem set 4 due seven days after lecture 12
Problem set 5 due fourteen days after lecture 12 |
| 13 |
An Application of Molecular Dynamics: Direct Simulation of Melting |
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| 14 |
Multiscale Materials Modeling |
Problem set 6 due |
| 15 |
Thermal Neutron Scattering Basics |
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| 16 |
Dynamic Structure Factor in Neutron Inelastic Scattering |
Problem set 7 due five days after lecture 16
Quiz due 7 days after lecture 16 |