Lecture Notes

Lec # topics
1 Overview: Neutron Interactions and Cross Sections (PDF)
2-4 Neutron Elastic Scattering: Thermal Motion and Chemical Binding Effects (PDF)
5 Particle Simulations I: Monte Carlo Basics (PDF)
6-7 Further Discussions: Monte Carlo in Statistical Physics and Radiation Transport (PDF)
8 The Neutron Transport Equation: A Balance of Distributions (PDF)
9 Neutron Slowing Down (PDF)
10 Neutron Diffusion (PDF)
11 Criticality of Multiplying Systems (PDF)
12 Particle Simulation Methods II: Basic Molecular Dynamics (PDF)

Supplemental Reading (PDF - 3.0 MB)
13 An Application of Molecular Dynamics: Direct Simulation of Melting (PDF)
14 Multiscale Materials Modeling (PDF)

Supplemental Reading (PDF)
15 Thermal Neutron Scattering Basics (PDF)
16 Dynamic Structure Factor in Neutron Inelastic Scattering (PDF)