Welcome to the website of the
Société Française de la Neutronique

Welcome to the website of the
Société Française de la Neutronique

The SFN is a learned society created in 1994 to promote neutronics within the scientific community and to federate the French neutronics community, covering a wide range of scientific fields (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.).

Every year, it organises the Journées de la Diffusion Neutronique, during which it awards its thesis prize to a young scientist.

Thematic Schools are held regularly, with courses published and freely accessible.

Finally, this website is at your disposal: it provides a forum for exchanging information about neutronics. Don’t hesitate to contact us and provide new ideas of contents!

SFN documents

The SFN has drawn up a text calling for an ambitious French policy for neutron scattering. This text has been sent in 2023 to the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the CNRS and the CEA.

A ‘table ronde’ about HiCANS and the ICONE project took place during the JDN2023 in Erquy.

Bulletin SFN-2FDN

The latest SFN-2FDN monthly newsletter is now available!

This newsletter is dedicated to the community of neutron scattering users. It is co-edited by 2FDN and SFN.

SFN Thesis Prize

Winner 2023

M. Aouane
M. Aouane

News

CGE school

The school on Cristallography and Large Facilities will take place on 4-8 November 2024 at the SOLEIL synchrotron site.

MDanse School

The 2024 edition of the MDanse School will take place on 5-7 November 2024 at the ILL.

Workshop 2FDN

The 2FDN workshop on Neutrons et matière quantique will take place on 21 November 2024 in Grenoble.

Flipper 2024

Flipper 2024 will take place on 11-13 December 2024 at the ILL.

HERCULES

HERCULES is a European school dedicated to thesis students and young researchers using Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation for applications in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Condensed Matter (hard and soft).

Particle in a box: From textbook to real life example

The study of confined particles is at the heart of any quantum physics textbook, including examples of particles moving in a harmonic oscillator potential well and of particles trapped in a box. Studying these examples constitutes a starting block to deepen our understanding of the quantum dynamics of more realistic systems.

Publication: A combined inelastic neutron scattering and simulation study of the 3He@C60 endofullerene, M. Aouane et al., Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP02253F