Polarized Neutron Diffraction and Spectroscopy: Applications to Quantum Materials
Bldg. 8600/ Room C -156
Monday, March 30, 2026
Time |
Event |
Presenter |
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Check-In & Welcome Desk Open - SNS Lobby, Bldg 8600 |
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9:00 – 9:15 |
Workshop overview/goals |
Ovidiu Garlea |
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9:15 – 10:00 |
General Introduction to Neutron Polarization Technique. |
Barry Winn |
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10:00 – 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 – 11:00 |
Understanding Polarization Components for Neutron Scattering Experiments |
Barry Winn |
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11:00 – 11:15 |
Q & A / Break |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
Polarized neutron diffraction technique |
Stuart Calder |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Working Lunch: “A Historical Perspective on Neutron Scattering at ORNL” |
Barry Winn |
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13:00 – 13:45 |
Science highlights from polarized neutron diffraction at POWDER instrument |
Stuart Calder |
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13:45 – 14:00 |
Q & A / Break |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Science examples from polarized neutron diffraction studies at DEMAND |
Yiqing Hao/ Huibo Cao |
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Coffee Break |
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15:00 – 15:45 |
Installation and overview of CrysPy program for hands-on exercise on polarized diffraction data |
Stuart Calder/ Yiqing Hao |
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15:45 – 17:30 |
HFIR Tour |
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time |
Event |
Presenter |
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| 8:30 – 9:00 | Follow-up discussion and Q&A | |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Hands-on on polarized powder data analysis. Analysis of flipping difference data using CrysPy | Stuart Calder |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45– 12:00 | Hands-on on polarized powder data analysis. Analysis of flipping ratios data with CrysPy | Yiqing Hao/ Huibo Cao |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Working Lunch: “Overview of polarization capabilities at HFIR and SNS” | Lowell Crow |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Linear- polarization analysis using triple axis spectrometers and PTAX science highlights | Masaaki Matsuda |
| 14:00– 14:15 | Q & A / Break | |
| 14:15– 15:00 | Neutron polarization analysis on multi-detector instruments /XYZ polarization analysis | Ovidiu Garlea |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:15– 16:15 | Science opportunities using the neutron polarization analysis at HYSPEC | Ovidiu Garlea |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Introduction to Spinvert and Spinteract for analysis of diffuse magnetic scattering | Joe Paddison |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Tour of HYSPEC / SNS |
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Time |
Event |
Presenter |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Follow-up discussion and Q&A |
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9:00 – 9:15 |
Overview of HYSPEC hands-on tutorial |
Ovidiu Garlea |
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9:15 – 10:45 |
Hands-on polarized neutron data from HYSPEC Part1: Data reduction and visualization using SHIVER |
Andrei Savici |
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10:45– 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Hands-on polarized neutron data from HYSPEC Part2: Analysis of diffuse magnetic scattering |
Joe Paddison |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Working Lunch: “Practical consideration for planning and writing proposals for polarized measurements” |
Masaaki Matsuda/ Ovi Garlea |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Introduction to Spherical Neutron Polarimetry (SNP) technique and its application to condensed matter physics |
Navid Qureshi |
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14:00– 14:15 |
Q & A / Break |
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14:15 - 15:15 |
Development of Spherical Neutron Polarimetry at HFIR and SNS and science highlights |
Peter Jiang |
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15:15 – 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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15:30 – 17:30 |
Introduction to Mag2Pol software and hands-on analysis of SNP data |
Navid Qureshi |
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Time |
Event |
Presenter |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Follow-up discussion and Q&A |
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9:00 – 9:45 |
Magnetic-PDF for total scattering analysis |
Raju Baral |
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9:45– 10:00 |
Q & A / Break |
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10:00 – 10:45 |
Neutron Spin-Echo technique: Fundamentals and applications to quantum materials. |
Jon Leiner |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Ultrahigh-resolution diffraction and spectroscopy using superconducting Wollaston prisms at PTAX |
Fankang Li |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Working Lunch: “Open discussion, workshop summary & survey” |
Ovi Garlea/ Barry Winn |
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13:00 - 13:45 |
Polarization capabilities at neutron facilities in Europe |
Navid Qureshi |
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13:45– 14:00 |
Q & A / Break |
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14:00 - 15:00 |
Demonstration of Mag2Pol software for magnetic structures analysis from powder and single crystal data (Part 1) |
Navid Qureshi |
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15:00 – 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
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15:15 - 16:30 |
Demonstration of Mag2Pol software for magnetic structures analysis from powder and single crystal data. (Part 2) |
Navid Qureshi |
