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NOTE there is no registration fee
Discounted rates on hotels are offered
About the School
The 2026 school will be held from July 20-24 at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
The location will be 101 Science Dr., Fitzpatrick B 1466
and 100 Science Dr., Hudson Hall 207
Here is an interactive map of Duke campus https://maps.duke.edu/
The school will provide hands-on training and lectures on how to determine magnetic structures from powder and single-crystal neutron data. The techniques and theory of representational analysis and magnetic space groups will be introduced by leading experts and demonstrated in a series of hands-on examples.
The format will follow past workshops with in-person lectures and hands-on demonstrations from experts in magnetic structure determination.
Lectures and hands-on tutorial sessions will cover:
- Overview of magnetic structure descriptions
- Magnetic space groups using the Bilbao Crystallographic Server
- Symmetry analysis using representation theory and the SARAh program and ISOTROPY Suite
- Overview and tutorials using FullProf, GSAS-II, JANA and Mag2Pol
- Magnetic structure determination from powder and single-crystal data
The school is intended for graduate students, postdocs, and research scientists who have a working knowledge of crystallographic refinement and will benefit from incorporating the techniques of magnetic structure determination from neutron diffraction into their research.
Workshop Location
The workshop will be in-person and held at Duke University, NC.
Software Downloads
FullProf, GSAS-II, Mag2Pol, JANA, ISOTROPY, SARAh and VESTA software as well as those found in the Bilbao Crystallographic server, will be used for hands-on examples.
Invited Speakers
Andrew Wills (UCL)
William Ratcliffe (NIST)
Keith Taddei (APS)
Navid Qureshi (ILL) [Remote]
Workshop Organizers
- Stuart Calder (caldersa@ornl.gov)
- Ovidiu Garlea (garleao@ornl.gov)
- Huibo Cao (caoh@ornl.gov)
- Clarina dela Cruz (delacruzcr@ornl.gov)