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    1

    Overview: Neutron Interactions and Cross Sections

    		  

    2-4

    Neutron Elastic Scattering: Thermal Motion and Chemical Binding Effects

    Problem set 1 due in lecture 4

    5

    Particle Simulations I: Monte Carlo Basics

    		  

    6-7

    Further Discussions: Monte Carlo in Statistical Physics and Radiation Transport

    Problem set 2 due in lecture 7

    8

    The Neutron Transport Equation: A Balance of Distributions

    		  

    9

    Neutron Slowing Down

    Problem set 3 due

    10

    Neutron Diffusion

    		  

    11

    Criticality of Multiplying Systems

    		  

    12

    Particle Simulation Methods II: Basic Molecular Dynamics

    Problem set 4 due seven days after lecture 12

    Problem set 5 due fourteen days after lecture 12

    13

    An Application of Molecular Dynamics: Direct Simulation of Melting

    		  

    14

    Multiscale Materials Modeling

    Problem set 6 due

    15

    Thermal Neutron Scattering Basics

    		  

    16

    Dynamic Structure Factor in Neutron Inelastic Scattering

    Problem set 7 due five days after lecture 16

    Quiz due 7 days after lecture 16