Tutorials in English

A – Lecture notes on EXAFS

• Introduction
• Photoelectric absorption of X-rays
• Origin of EXAFS
• Interpretation of EXAFS
• Experimental techniques
• EXAFS analysis
• XANES
• Appendices

B – Lecture notes on Thermodynamics

• Part 1 – The laws of Thermodynamics
• Part 2 – Equilibrium macroscopic Thermodynamics
• Part 3 – Statistical Thermodynamics
• Part 4 – Magnetic systems and low temperatures
• Part 5 – Phase equilibria and phase transitions
• Part 6 – Thermodynamics of irreversible processes – work in progress
• Part 7 – Complements and applications – work in progress

C – Lecture notes on Physics of Matter

• Introduction
• Real-space structure
• Reciprocal space
• Symmetry in molecules and crystals
• Representations of symmetry groups
• The origin of structures
• Vibrational dynamics
• Vibrational thermal properties
• Ground-state electronic properties of crystals
• Electron thermal and transport properties (work in progress)
• Structural probes

Revised January 2026

D – Basic Crystallography (slides)

• X-rays and materials structure
• Crystal lattices and cells
• Symmetry classifications
• Some relevant crystal structures
• Close packing

E – X-ray and neutron sources (slides)

• Mechanisms of X-ray production
• Laboratory X-ray sources
• Synchrotron Radiation (storage rings, bending magnets, insertion devices)
• Neutron sources

F1 – X-ray elastic scattering from atoms (slides)

• Structural probes: X-rays, neutron, electrons
• Basics of scattering
• X-ray Thomson scattering
• Interference
• Deviations from classical treatment (electron distribution, Compton effect, electron binding)
• Neutron and electron scattering

F2 – X-ray scattering from molecules and non-crystalline matter (slides)

• Atomic aggregates
• X-ray scattering from molecules, Debye formula
• X-ray scattering from non-crystalline materials

F3 – X-ray scattering from crystals (“diffraction”) (slides)

• X-ray scattering from crystals
• Diffraction conditions
• Experimental methods
• The structure factor
• The phase problem
• Thermal effects
• Synchrotron Radiation and diffraction
• Neutron scattering

F4 – X-ray scattering: quantum approach (slides)

• Scattering cross-section
• Two-photon processes: scattering
• X-ray scattering, elsatic and inelastic
• Static and dynamic scattering functions
• Effects of atomic vibrations on diffraction patterns
• Scattering by crystal phonons, theory and experiments

G – X-rays and the development of Modern Physics

• The discovery of X-rays
• Radiology
• What are X-rays ?
• The X-rays and Modern Physics

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