This fall semester I will be offering an introductory graduate level
course entitled Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation at Illinois Tech.
This course has been offered on a regular basis over the past 5 years and
it is avilable as an online course through IIT/Online. Through a special
arrangement with the Dean of the College of Science, online students can
take this course as non-degree students at a 67% tuition discount.
We have had students from Italy and Brazil in past sessions of this
course.
Registering for this course as a non-degree student requires a simple
application which can be completed online and will be approved in only a
few days.
The course description is below. Please share this with interested
parties and direct any questions to Carlo Segre
Course Description: This is a graduate course which introduces students
to the production, manipulation and use of synchrotron radiation in
research. The course will include visits to, and possibly hands-on
experience with, beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne
National Laboratory but is not specific to the APS. Students will be
expected to give presentations and write a General User Proposal to the
APS as their final projects. Graduate students in any science or
engineering program are welcome to register as are undergraduates with
senior standing and permission of instructor. It is particularly
recommended for students wishing to make use of synchrotron radiation in
their research.
The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays 17:00-18:15 and the
lectures are available online as an Internet section for students not on
the IIT campus or even in the United States.
Textbook: Elements of Modern X-Ray Physics, 2nd ed., Jen Als-Nielsen and
Des McMorrow, (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2011).
Topics Covered:
X-rays and their interaction with matter
Sources of x-rays
Refraction and reflection from interfaces
Kinematical Diffraction
Diffraction by perfect crystals
Photoelectric absorption
Resonant scattering
Small angle scattering
Other topics as appropriate
Course Organization: The grade will be based equally on homework
assignments, student presentations and a draft General User Proposal to
the Advanced Photon Source. There will be at least one field trip to the
Advanced Photon Source for experiment demonstrations.
For more information please contact Carlo Segre
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Carlo U. Segre -- Duchossois Leadership Professor of Physics
Interim Chair, Department of Chemistry
Director, Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation
Illinois Institute of Technology
Voice: 312.567.3498 Fax: 312.567.3494
segre@iit.edu http://phys.iit.edu/~segre segre@debian.org
