
Neutron Scattering - Magnetic and Quantum Phenomena
Description
Key Features
- Covers the application of neutron scattering techniques in the study of quantum and magnetic phenomena, including superconductivity, multiferroics, and nanomagnetism
- Presents up-to-date reviews of recent results, aimed at enabling the reader to identify new opportunities and plan neutron scattering experiments in their own field
- Provides a good balance between theory and experimental techniques
- Provides a complement to Price and Fernandez-Alonso (Eds.), Neutron Scattering - Fundamentals published in November 2013
Readership
Professionals at all levels, from early-career researchers to mature scientists, working in contemporary neutron science
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Volumes in Series
- Preface
- Eulogy
- Janos Major
- Symbols
- Chapter 1. Neutron Optics and Spin Labeling Methods
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Particle Properties and Interactions of Slow Neutrons
- 1.3. Neutron States and Wave Functions
- 1.4. The Principles of Spin Labeling
- 1.5. Neutron Spin-Echo Spectroscopy
- 1.6. Neutron Spin-Echo for Elastic Scattering at Small Angles
- Chapter 2. Quantum Phase Transitions
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Experimental Techniques
- 2.3. Extreme Environmental Conditions
- 2.4. Quantum Phase Transitions in Spin Dimer Systems
- 2.5. Quantum Phase Transitions in Jeff=1/2 Pyrochlore Magnets
- 2.6. Quantum Phase Transitions in Heavy Fermions
- 2.7. Quantum Phase Transitions in Itinerant Magnets
- 2.8. Quantum Phase Transitions in Transverse Field Ising Systems
- 2.9. Closing Remarks
- Chapter 3. High-Temperature Superconductors
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Hole-Doped Cuprate Superconductors
- 3.3. Iron-Based Superconductors
- 3.4. Summary and Outlook
- Chapter 4. Magnetic Structures
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. The Beginnings of Magnetic Structure Determination Using Neutron Diffraction
- 4.3. Fundamentals of Magnetic Scattering
- 4.4. Practical Aspects in Determination of Magnetic Structures
- 4.5. Hierarchy of Magnetic Structures (Important Examples)
- 4.6. Disordered Magnetic Structures
- 4.7. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 5. Multiferroics
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Symmetry Considerations for Ferroelectrics
- 5.3. Type-I Proper Multiferroics
- 5.4. Type-II Improper Multiferroics
- 5.5. Domains
- 5.6. Thin Films and Multilayers
- 5.7. Spin Dynamics
- 5.8. Future Directions
- Chapter 6. Neutron Scattering in Nanomagnetism
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Theoretical Background
- 6.3. Instrumental Considerations
- 6.4. Case Studies: Static Experiments
- 6.5. Time Dependent Polarized Neutron Scattering
- 6.6. Summary, Conclusion, and Outlook
- Chapter 7. Nuclear Magnetism and Neutrons
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Experimental Background
- 7.3. Experimental Results from Neutron Diffraction on Cu and Ag
- 7.4. Neutron Diffraction Investigations on Solid 3He
- 7.5. Applications of Polarized Nuclei in Neutron Diffraction
- 7.6. Summary
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 532
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2015
- Published: November 29, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128020937
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128020494
About the Series Volume Editors
David Price

Dr. Price’s specific research interests include order and disorder in solids and liquids, the dynamics of disordered systems, the glass transition and melting,
neutron diffraction with isotope substitution, and deep inelastic and quasielastic neutron scattering. His monograph on High-Temperature Levitated Materials was published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. He has over 250 refereed publications and has designed and commissioned neutron scattering spectrometers at the HFBR and at the CP-5 Research Reactor and the IPNS at Argonne.
Affiliations and Expertise
Felix Fernandez-Alonso

Dr. Fernandez-Alonso’s current research interests focus on the development and subsequent exploitation of neutron scattering techniques in physical chemistry, with particular emphasis on materials-chemistry challenges of relevance to societal needs and long-term sustainability. These include gas and charge storage in nanostructured media, molecular and macromolecular intercalation phenomena, and solid-state protonics. He has approximately 100 refereed publications and is currently involved in several neutron instrumentation projects at ISIS and abroad.
Affiliations and Expertise
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