Schools

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

A new theoretical summer school teaching the advanced theory and practice of the musr technique and its uses in studying material properties through a variety of lectures and tutorials given by international experts and pioneer researchers. There is also the opportunity to visit the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Facility.

PSI muons, ISIS muons and Oxford University

J-PARC Japan

The School consists of introductory lectures on neutron and muon sciences and the application of neutron and beams in research.

It also includes hands-on experiments using instruments and instructions in data analysis at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF)

Rutherford Aplleton Laboratory

An introduction to muon techniques for PhD students & post-doctoral researchers.

Hands-on experience of muon experiments, data analysis and interpretation.

Lectures & experiments cover applications of muons in:

* Condensed matter physics

* Material Science

* Chemistry

ISIS-RAL

J-PARC (Tokai, Japan)

The School provides training for newcomers to neutron and muon beam research from across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and more. In addition to lectures, practical sessions are included with hands-on experiments and data analysis. All neutron techniques are generally covered, with emphasis on powder diffraction, single-crystal diffraction, strain scanning, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, inelastic and quasielastic scattering, and neutron imaging.

The School will be held at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of J-PARC. J-PARC is one of Japan’s flagship research facilities and is unique in the world in the range and performance of accelerator-based capabilities. MLF, located at the heart of J-PARC, is one of the world’s leading centers for pulsed neutron and muon beam based research.

JRR-3, which has been the center of neutron facility in Japan for a long time, is just in a walking distance from MLF. It is still under inspection after the big earthquake in 2011 so we will just visit it to study various neutron instruments.

The 9th AONSA Neutron School/The 2nd Neutron and Muon School is aimed at post-graduate students and early-career researchers who are interested in, but have limited or no experience with neutron and muon beam based techniques.

The School will consist of introductory lectures on neutron and muon science and the application of neutron and muon beams in research. It will also include hands-on experience using the MLF instruments and instruction in data analysis.

Yoshiaki Kiyanagi (Nagoya University); Takenobu Shinohara (J-PARC)

ISIS, Didcot, UK

ISIS runs training schools on how to use muons as a research tool. These include a variety of lectures and workshops on the muon technique given by experienced researchers, and also the chance to perform muon experiments.

Registrations for the 2016 school closed on January 6th and applicants have been informed of their results. Materials from the school will be available online as soon as possible after the school finishes.

Muons are a valuable and versatile probe of condensed matter. The µSR (muon spin rotation / relaxation / resonance) spectroscopic techniques are used to investigate magnetic, superconducting, semiconducting, molecular, ionic and metallic systems.

The aim of the Muon Spectroscopy Training School is to provide a practical training course for Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers on the use of muons in condensed matter research.

ISIS Muon Source

Ibaraki Quantum Beam Research Centre (IQBRC), Tokai, Japan

The MLF School is aimed at post-graduate students and early-career researchers who are interested in, but have limited or no experience with neutron and muon beam based techniques.

The School will consist of introductory lectures on neutron and muon science and the application of neutron and muon beams in research. It will also include hands-on experience using the MLF instruments and instruction in data analysis.

J-PARC, CROSS and Ibaraki Prefecture

ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

ISIS runs training schools for PhD students and Post-Doctoral researchers on how to use muons as a research tool. These include a variety of lectures and workshops on the muon technique given by experienced researchers, and provide participants with hands-on experience of muon experiments.

ISIS-RAL

Kunibiki Messe (Shimane Prefectural Convention Center) at Matsue in Japan

TRIUMF in Vancouver, BC Canada