| 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 |