2–4 Jul 2025
Sola Strand Hotel
Europe/Oslo timezone

Group Discussions

Group I - liquids, soft matter, and biophysics

Group II - liquids, soft matter, and biophysics

Group III - hard condensed matter (battery materials, magnetism, barocalorics) 

Group IV - hard condensed matter (magnetism, functional materials) 

Group V - hard condensed matter (hydrogen, catalysis, other functional materials) 

  • Discussion time:
    • 02/07: 15:50-16:30
    • 03/07: 14:30-15:00
    • 04/07: 11:20-12:00
    • Coffee breaks and lunch have been made long to facilitate further discussion
  • Discussion space is also available in the poster room or in the bar (Strandbaren)
  • For the final session, it would be nice for each group to briefly (~3-4 mins) summarize their discussions. For this, please nominate a speaker

Suggested topics

  • What are your priorities for future instrumentation?
    • How would you rank the importance (e.g. on a scale 1-5) of count rate, Q-range and resolution, E-range and resolution, signal to noise, sample environment…?
  • Have you used polarized neutrons in your science?
    • If so, what extra information did you obtain, and how important were polarized neutrons to solving your scientific problem?
    • If not, how do you expect polarized neutrons would benefit your science?
    • Are there any current technical obstacles preventing you from using polarization?
  • How do you typically approach data analysis?
  • What standard of data analysis is required for you to be convinced of a result?
  • Are there any data analysis methods you would like to try, but are currently unable to?
    • What could be done to make these methods more accessible?
  • Do you use simulations (e.g. MD, DFT) in your work?
    • If so, and you are an experimentalist, how do they benefit your work?
      • How accessible are these methods to you, and what can be done to make calculations more comparable with measured data?
    • Conversely, if you work with simulations, what kind of feedback do you require from experiments or experimentalists?