Polarized Neutron Diffraction and Spectroscopy: Applications to Quantum Materials

Presentations

***Slides can be downloaded here. Files are also available on Overview page.***

 

Monday, March 30, 2026

• Barry Winn - General Introduction to Neutron Polarization Technique / Understanding Polarization Components for Neutron Scattering Experiments

 

• Barry Winn - HFIR & SNS, a historical perspective

 

• Stuart Calder - Polarized neutron diffraction technique 

 

• Stuart Calder - Science highlights from polarized neutron diffraction at POWDER instrument

 

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

• Masaaki Matsuda - Linear-polarization analysis using triple axis spectrometers and PTAX science highlights

 

• Stuart Calder - Hands-On on polarized powder data analysis. Analysis of flipping difference data using CrysPy
  • How to install CrysPy
  • Powder example
  • Download zip file from the Overview page for more files. Under the "Stuart Calder presentation" folder.

 

• Ovidiu Garlea - Neutron polarization analysis on multi-detector instruments /XYZ polarization analysis

 

• Ovidiu Garlea - Science opportunities using the neutron polarization analysis at HYSPEC

 

• Joe Paddison - Introduction to magnetic diffuse scattering

 

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

• Andrei Savici - Hands-on polarized neutron data from HYSPEC Part 1: Data reduction and visualization using SHIVER

 

Thursday, April 2, 2026

• Raju Baral - Magnetic PDF for total scattering analysis

 

Yiqing Hao / Huibo Cao presentation

• Hands-on half-polarized single-crystal date from DEMAND
• Download zip file from the Overview page for more files. Under the "Yiqing Hao/Huibo Cao presentation" folder.

 

Navid Qureshi presentation

• Introduction to Mag2Pol
• Introduction to SNP and its application to condensed matter physics
• Polarization capabilities at neutron facilities in Europe
• Download zip file from the Overview page for more files. Under the "Navid Qureshi presentation" folder.