General information

With the upcoming facilities MAX-IV and ESS in Lund the overall goal of this course is to make students aware of the potential of these large-scale facilities on their own research. By following this course the students will:

- be introduced to scattering methods, including diffraction, pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, small angle scattering, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (EXAFS), inelastic neutron scattering, including examples from biological and soft matter, materials chemistry and physics
- develop an intuitive view of the application of these scattering methods to solve their own research questions
- have access to hands-on exercise, including proposal writing, data analysis and presentation of data
- participate on hands-on experiments at the DTU Imaging facility and at MAX-IV (the latter to be confirmed)
- have a tour of MAX-IV facility in Lund, Sweden.

Skills:

The student will develop a solid knowledge (i) of the basic concepts of scattering and imaging and (ii) of different experimental scattering and imaging methods and respective data analysis.

Knowledge:

Be oriented on the basic physical principles for X-ray and neutron scattering and imaging
Be oriented on basic experimental methods used at large scale facilities
Understand elastic, inelastic, coherent and incoherent scattering processes
Be oriented in how scattering and imaging techniques can be applied to soft materials and hard condensed matter

Competences:

Be able to participate in experiments at large scale facilities
Be able to perform simple data analysis on data from large scale facilities
Be able to apply scattering and imaging techniques to own research
Be able to write his/her own application for beam time for a large scale facility

Accommodation

Please note that the summer courses are non-residential. Participants are responsible for finding and funding accommodation during their stay in Copenhagen.

You can use different online portals to search for accommodation, such as:

Airbnb
Danhostel
Hostel World

Housing Foundation Copenhagen

Master level

7,5 ECTS