Jan 9 – 13, 2023
US/Eastern timezone

Agenda

DAY 1 : Monday, January 9, 2023

Time

Topic                                                                       

Place

8:30 – 9:00Breakfast 
9:00 – 9:30

Introduction

  • Hans Christen 
  • Wei-Ren Chen

 

Lecture: Introduction

C-156
9:30 – 10:30Lecture: Notion of wave 
10:30 – 10:45 Break 
10:40 – 12:00Lecture: Calculation of scattering cross section by phase shift analysis 
12:00 – 13:00Lunch 
13:00 – 14:00Lecture: Calculation of scattering cross section by phase shift analysis 
14:00 – 14:15Break 
14:15 – 15:15 Lecture: The general far-field solution of two-body scattering problem 
15:15 – 15:30Break 
15:30 - Lecture: Physical meaning of the sign of scattering length 
17:30DinnerSNS lobby
   
  • There will be student’s presentation on individual’s research interest on Tuesday morning. Everyone is required to give 5 min presentation. Please have the presentation file uploaded to the dropbox folder that will be sent out to attendees by the end of Monday.
    • Student presentation file names should follow the convention “[Lastname][First name initial]-introduction.pptx”. For example, “DoC-introduction.pptx” if the presenter’s name is Changwoo Do. 

 


 

 

DAY 2 : Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Time

Topic                                                                       

Place

8:30 – 9:00Breakfast 
9:00 – 10:15 

Student research introduction

  • 5 min each
  • Presentation will be given following the order of the filename. 
C-156
10:15 – 10:30Break 
10:30 – 12:00

Student research introduction 

– continued

 
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 
13:00 – 14:00Lecture: Calculation of scattering cross section by Fermi approximation 
14:00 – 14:15Break 
14:15 – 15:15Lecture: Calculation of scattering cross section by Fermi approximation 
15:15 – 15:30 Break 
15:30 – 16:00Introduction of SANS/USANS instruments at SNS 
16:00 - 

SNS Tour

Special stop at EQ-SANS and USANS

 
  • There will be student’s presentation on individual’s potential neutron scattering experiment plan on DAY 3. Everyone is encouraged to give 5 min presentation + 5 min discussion/feedback. Please have the presentation file uploaded to the dropbox folder that will be sent out to attendees by the end of Tuesday.
    • Student presentation file names for DAY 3 should follow the convention “[Lastname][First name initial]-plan.pptx”. For example, “DoC-plan.pptx” if the presenter’s name is Changwoo Do.

 


 

 

DAY 3 : Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Time

Topic                                                                       

Place

8:30 – 9:00Breakfast 
9:00 – 10:15Lecture: Coherent scattering, incoherent scattering, and contrast variationC-156
10:15 – 10:30Break (10 min) 
10:30 – 12:00Lecture: A general introduction of the coherent scattering cross sections of colloidal suspensions 
12:00 – 13:00Lunch 
13:00 – 14:10

Student presentation on potential experimental plan / discussion

  • Problem description
  • Method
  • Potential outcomes

Analysis method

 
14:10 – 14:20Break 
14:20 – 15:30Student presentation on potential experimental plan / discussion 
15:30 – 15:40Break 
15:40 – 17:00Student presentation on potential experimental plan / discussion 
   

 

 

 


 

 

DAY 4 : Thursday, January 12, 2023

Time

Topic                                                                       

Place

8:30-Breakfast 
9:00 – 10:30Lecture: Coherent scattering of Interacting systemsC-152
10:30 – 11:00Break (30 min) 
11:00 – 12:00Lecture: Structural Inversion of Interacting Systems by Machine Learning 
12:00 – 13:00Lunch 
13:00 – 17:00

Lecture: Two-point correlation functions and scattering of incompressible liquids

 

There will be couple of break times during the lecture

 
   
 

 


 

 

DAY 5: Friday, January 13, 2022

Time

Topic                                                                       

Place

8:30  

Breakfast

 

9:00 – 10:20

Lecture: Polymer melts and solutions I 

C-156

10:20 – 10:30

Break

 

10:30 – 12:00

Lecture: Polymer melts and solutions II 

 

12:00

Closing remarks

 

 

 

  • Lecturers: Wei-Ren Chen, Guan-Rong Huang, Changwoo Do, Yuya Shinohara, and Yangyang Wang,
  • Handwritten lecture notes may be distributed during the lecture.