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Oral Qualifying Exam on X-Ray Diffraction and Scattering

Suggested Books:

X-ray Diffraction, B. E. Warren
Diffraction Physics, 2^nd or 3^rd edition, John Cowley, North-Holland
Elements of Modern X-ray Physics, J. Als-Nielsen and D. McMorrow

Non-exclusive list of topics:

Basics of diffraction
Crystal symmetry and diffraction
Non-crystalline diffraction
Effect of vibrations: phonons and Debye-Waller factor
Short-range order and stacking faults
Dynamical diffraction (elementary, 2-beam case)
X-ray sources and synchrotron radiation