recommended: bachelor or diploma in a natural sciences or technological field of study

mode of operation of different neutron instruments for elastic scattering

realization of components of neutron scattering instruments

kinematic theory of X-ray and neutron beam interferences

the lattice factor: particle size determination, strain analysis by neutron diffraction

the structure factor: single crystal structure analysis, experimental determination of the structure factor, the phase problem and its solution

• implications for dynamic scattering theory

small angle scattering: diffuse small angle scattering, complex interferences in the small angle regime, contrast variation

introduction to the theory of inelastic scattering

mode of operation of neutron spectrometers

applications: phonons, molecular diffusion, intra-molecular motions

Max von Laue, Röntgenstrahlinterferenzen, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 3rd edition, 1960

P. Luger, Modern X-Ray Analysis on Single Crystals, de Gruyter 1980, ISBN 3-110-068303-7

O. Kratky, O. Glatter, Small Angle X-Ray Scattering, Academic Press, London, 1982, ISBN 0-12-286280-5

A. Messiah, Quantenmechanik, volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1st edition, 1976, ISBN 3-11-003686-X

F. Hippert, E. Geissler, J.L. Hodeau, E. Lelievre-Berna, J.-R. Regnard (Eds.), Neutron and X-ray Spectroscopy, Springer 2006, ISBN-10 1-4020-3336-2