Radiation Interactions & Scattering Probes of Matter

Catalog description

This course is a graduate-level study of the radiation-matter interactions with a particular focus on scattering as a probe of materials and condensed-matter systems. Topics include a classical treatment of electromagnetic radiation and scattering, quantum aspects of electromagnetic interactions, a survey of various types of photon and neutron scattering experiments, the physical basis of double-differential scattering cross-sections, and scattering as a probe of structure and dynamics.