Calendar

Lec # topics key dates
1 Overview: Neutron Interactions and Cross Sections
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
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
9 Neutron Slowing Down Problem set 3 due
10 Neutron Diffusion
11 Criticality of Multiplying Systems
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
14 Multiscale Materials Modeling Problem set 6 due
15 Thermal Neutron Scattering Basics
16 Dynamic Structure Factor in Neutron Inelastic Scattering Problem set 7 due five days after lecture 16

Quiz due 7 days after lecture 16