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Synchrotron X-ray Microdiffraction and Fluorescence Imaging of Mineral and Rock Samples
Published on: June 19, 2018
Prospects of high-resolution resonant X-ray inelastic scattering studies on solid materials, liquids and gases at
Thorsten Schmitt1, Frank M F de Groot2, Jan Erik Rubensson3
1Research Department Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institut, Swiss Light Source, WSLA/123, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The spectroscopic technique of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) will particularly profit from immensely improved brilliance of diffraction-limited storage rings (DLSRs). In RIXS one measures the intensities of excitations as a function of energy and momentum transfer. DLSRs will allow for pushing the achievable energy resolution, signal intensity and the sampled spot size to new limits. With RIXS one nowadays probes a broad range of electronic systems reaching from simple molecules to complex materials displaying phenomena like peculiar magnetism, two-dimensional electron gases, superconductivity, photovoltaic energy conversion and heterogeneous catalysis. In this article the types of improved RIXS studies that will become possible with X-ray beams from DLSRs are envisioned.
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