Linear dichroism in 3d transition metal NEXAFS of correlated materials

Investigations of 3d transition metal (TM) compounds by means of linear dichroism in TM K-NEXAFS will be reported. At this, the decomposition of the angular-dependent NEXAFS into orbital projected components are important problems. A survey is given on methods how to extract information on the geometrical, electronic and magnetic structure from linearly polarized NEXAFS and EXAFS spectra. New results on CuO and CuPc (Copper Phthalocyanine) are reported. A reference is given to the novel method for spin-resolving of NEXAFS by analysis of resonantly scattered X-ray core lines.