2nd AONSA Neutron School 2009

16-21 August 2009
At Lucas Heights, (Sydney) Australia

Preliminary programme
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This school provides training for newcomers to neutron scattering focussing on nanoscience. We will not only have lectures, but also practical sessions with hands-on experiments and data analysis. All neutron techniques (available at ANSTO) will be covered in the school, i.e. powder diffraction, single-crystal diffraction, strain scanning, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, and inelastic scattering using three-axis spectrometers.

This is the 2nd Neutron School organised by the Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association - AONSA. The first school was held in 2008 in Korea.

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Who

This school is aimed at PhD students and post docs - novice users and will be limited to 40 people. Participants will be selected based on an abstract (300 words max.) outlining an aspect of their scientific project to be presented as a poster at the school. The abstract should also address how neutrons could help in their research projects, give the name of the supervisor and indicate which instrument to use in the practicals.

Fee

Participants will be asked for a course fee of AUS$200 (early bird until 12 June). This includes 5 nights (shared accommodation) and all meals. One evening: Sydney harbour cruise with dinner. Accommodation will be shared twin rooms (a single room will be at extra cost - if available) in the Motel close to the site (arrival Sunday 16 August afternoon/evening for registration and finish Friday late afternoon).)
Participants of AINSE members institutions are eligible for reimbursement of travel costs.

Venue

ANSTO (AINSE and the Bragg Institute) New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia

Organising Committees:

International Advisory and Organising Committee: Brendan Kennedy, U. Sydney, Dongfeng Chen, CARR CIAE, R. Mukhopahyay BARC, Edy Giri Putra BATAN, Mitsuhiro Shibayama U Tokyo, Masatoshi Arai J-PARC JAEA, Sung-Min Choi KAIST, Abdul Aziz Mohamed Nuklear Malaysia, Tim White Nanyang Tech U, Tsang-Lang Lin Tsing-Hua U.

Local organisers: Herma Buttner, Bill Hamilton, Michael James, Don Kearley, Dennis Mather, Andrew Studer, Mona Yethiraj

Secretarial assistance: Lauren Mackaway, Donna Freeman and Rhiannon Still

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