Neutron Sciences Directorate

About the School
The 2026 school will be held from July 20-24 at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
The room location is: 100 Science Dr., Hudson Hall 207
Here is an interactive map of Duke campus https://maps.duke.edu/
The school will provide hands-on training and lectures on how to determine magnetic structures from powder and single-crystal neutron data. The techniques and theory of representational analysis and magnetic space groups will be introduced by leading experts and demonstrated in a series of hands-on examples.
The format will follow past workshops with in-person lectures and hands-on demonstrations from experts in magnetic structure determination.
Lectures and hands-on tutorial sessions will cover:

Overview of magnetic structure descriptions
Magnetic space groups using the Bilbao Crystallographic Server
Symmetry analysis using representation theory and the SARAh program and ISOTROPY Suite
Overview and tutorials using FullProf, GSAS-II, JANA and Mag2Pol
Magnetic structure determination from powder and single-crystal data 

The school is intended for graduate students, postdocs, and research scientists who have a working knowledge of crystallographic refinement and will benefit from incorporating the techniques of magnetic structure determination from neutron diffraction into their research.
Workshop Location
The workshop will be in-person and held at Duke University, NC.
Software Downloads
FullProf, GSAS-II, Mag2Pol, JANA, ISOTROPY, SARAh and VESTA software as well as those found in the Bilbao Crystallographic server, will be used for hands-on examples.
Invited Speakers
Andrew Wills (UCL)
William Ratcliffe (NIST)
Keith Taddei (APS)
Navid Qureshi (ILL) [Remote]
Workshop Organizers

Stuart Calder (caldersa@ornl.gov)
Ovidiu Garlea (garleao@ornl.gov)
Huibo Cao (caoh@ornl.gov)
Clarina dela Cruz (delacruzcr@ornl.gov)