Date: June 5, 2023
Location: HFIR Building 7995, Room 302B (meet at SNS Building 8600 first for badging, check in, and bus transportation to HFIR)
Participants of this workshop are expected to have basic knowledge and understanding for the total scattering technique since the workshop is going to dive into some in-depth details about the data processing in preparation for further analysis.
This workshop aims at providing general users of neutron total scattering technique with experiences in data processing, the importance of which is usually underestimated during the data analysis. With the past experience of interacting with general users, we found in most cases, the difficulty in data analysis and/or the potential wrong conclusion drawn from the analysis originates from the fact that there is a lack of understanding of the data processing step and so that the data can often be improperly processed. Though the data reduction and processing is expected to be done on the instrument team side, the practical complexity of the total scattering data in terms of scaling data onto the absolute level and the sample specific contributions means in most cases careful post-processing is unavoidable. Through this workshop, the general users will be taught about the importance of each of the data post processing steps, especially when trying to perform the reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) modeling. You will be trained in how the data is processed, the importance of each step and how to perform post processing of your data.
Tentative program for the day (Mon, June 05th, 2023)
08:00 – 08:45 08:45 – 09:00 09:00 – 10:30 | Registration and Reception Opening Remarks Introduction to Neutron Total Scattering and Data Analysis Tools |
Yuanpeng Zhang Thomas Proffen & Matthew Tucker |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:50 – 11:30 | Data Reduction for Neutron Total Scattering – Part-1 | Yuanpeng Zhang |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Data Reduction for Neutron Total Scattering – Part-2 | Yuanpeng Zhang |
| 13:00 – 13:40 | Computer Setup & Break | |
| 13:40 – 15:00 | Data Processing Hands-on – Part-1 | Matthew Tucker |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Data Processing Hands-on – Part-2 | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Poll and Discussion | |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Summary and Close-out | Yuanpeng Zhang |
