11th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering, 31 August

11th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering

31 August - 12 September 2009

Mansfield College, University of Oxford

An ideal introduction to the theory, techniques and
applications of neutron scattering

News

11 August 2009

We look forward to meeting students at Mansfield College, Oxford on Monday 31 August. Teaching begins on Tuesday 1 September in the Department of Physics. Accommodation is available to students from Monday night (31 August) until Saturday morning (12 September).

11 August 2009

The school fees for 2009 have been released. See below for the cost per student and to find out how you can pay your fees. Payment must be made by 12 September 2009.

12 June 2009

School lecturers have now been confirmed. We hope you enjoy our selections. The draft programme for the 2009 school is also available. Accommodation for the school will be at Mansfield College, University of Oxford.

School fees

The total cost per residential student is £ 480 (€ 556) which includes accommodation, breakfast and evening meals, course materials, evening drinks reception and gala dinner.

The total cost per non-residential student is £ 225 (€ 260) which includes course materials, evening drinks reception and gala dinner.

We can accept payment by electronic bank transfer or credit card. Follow the instructions below for your chosen payment method.

Payment must be made by 12 September 2009.

We regret that bursaries are not available from the school since we use money from our supporting partners to reduce the total cost per student for all students.

You may be able to attract sponsorship or contributions to the school fees from learned societies or government science agencies in your home country.

Information on how to pay school fees

About the School

The Oxford School on Neutron Scattering is intended primarily for scientists who are new to the field of neutron scattering. Lectures and tutorials covering all aspects of the theory and practice of neutron diffraction and spectroscopy will be given by international experts. Students will gain a comprehensive grounding in modern techniques and applications at both steady state and pulsed neutron sources and have the opportunity to hear about the latest research being carried out with the technique.

Programme

The 2009 school programme consists of lectures, tutorials and problem classes taking place each weekday with occasional evening lectures. In addition, students make short presentations to the school about their current research projects.

There will also be an opportunity to visit the nearby ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source.

Topics covered during the school include:

Neutron sources
Neutron instrumentation
Neutron scattering theory
Diffraction
Spectroscopy
Small angle scattering
Reflectometry
Polarised neutrons
Engineering
Neutrons & X-rays

In the meantime, check out photos from the 2007 neutron school on our Facebook group (Oxford Neutron School). You need to have a Facebook profile which is very simple to make.

Alberto's reading list gives some starting materials to study and lecture notes and tutorial questions from 2007 are available in case you are bored one day.

Lecturers

Professor Gerry Lander (Grenoble, France)
Professor Andrew Boothroyd (University of Oxford, UK)
Professor Colin Carlile (University of Lund, Lund, Sweden)
Professor Andrew Harrison (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Dr Ken Andersen (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Dr Ross Stewart (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Professor Sean Langridge (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Dr Andrew Wildes (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Professor Alberto Albinati (University of Milan, Italy)
Professor Alan Soper (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Professor Jeff Penfold (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Professor Michael Preuss (University of Manchester, UK)
Dr Bernhard Frick (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
Professor Paul Attfield (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Professor Katia Pappas (Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands)
Professor Des McMorrow (University College London, London, UK)
Professor Jayne Lawrence (King's College London, London, UK)
Dr Martyn Bull (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Professor Steve Bennington (ISIS, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK)
Professor Jon Goff (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
Professor Paolo Radaelli (University of Oxford, UK)

Accommodation

Accommodation will be provided in single rooms in Mansfield College, University of Oxford from Monday 31 August 2009 to Saturday 12 September 2009. Breakfast and evening meals will be provided for each day of the school.

Students will be expected to arrive on Monday 31 August and depart on Saturday 12 September.

Lectures and tutorials take place within the University of Oxford.

Social programme

A lively social programme is planned including a drinks reception and gala dinner and quiz evening. There will be opportunities for punting on the Oxford rivers, visiting historic places and exploring the city.

Further information

If you cannot find the information you need about the School on theses pages, please drop us an email at osns@stfc.ac.uk and we will try to answer your questions.