The Nature of X-Rays and Their Interactions with Matter - Joachim Stöhr

The Nature of X-Rays and Their Interactions with Matter

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Buch | Hardcover
XXVII, 921 Seiten
2023 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-20743-3 (ISBN)
246,09 inkl. MwSt
This book gives a comprehensive account of modern x-ray science, based on the use of synchrotron radiation and x-ray-free electron lasers (XFELs). It emphasizes the new capabilities of XFELs which extend the study of matter to the intrinsic timescales associated with the motion of atoms and chemical transformations and give birth to the new field of non-linear x-ray science. Starting with the historical understanding of the puzzling nature of light, it covers the modern description of the creation, properties, and detection of x-rays within quantum optics. It then presents the formulation of the interactions of x-rays with atomic matter, both, from semi-classical and first-principles quantum points of view. The fundamental x-ray processes and techniques, absorption, emission, Thomson, and resonant scattering (REXS and RIXS) are reviewed with emphasis on simple intuitive pictures that are illustrated by experimental results. Concepts of x-ray imaging and diffractive imaging of atomic and nano structures are discussed, and the quantum optics formulation of diffraction is presented that reveals the remarkable quantum substructure of light. The unique power of x-rays in providing atom and chemical-bond specific information and separating charge and spin phenomena through x-ray polarization (dichroism) effects are highlighted. The book concludes with the discussion of many-photon or non-linear x-ray phenomena encountered with XFELs, such as stimulated emission and x-ray transparency.

Joachim Stöhr received his Ph.D. from TU Munich, Germany and, after spending time at Exxon and IBM Research Labs, joined Stanford University as Professor of Photon Science in 2000. He was the director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (2005-09) and the founding director of the Linac Coherent Light Source (2009-13). He has written two prior books, NEXAFS Spectroscopy (Springer, 1992) and Magnetism: From Fundamentals to Nanoscale Dynamics (Springer, 2006) with H. C. Siegmann. In 2011, he received the Davisson-Germer Prize in Surface Physics from the American Physical Society. He has been a professor emeritus of Photon Science since 2017.

Introduction and Overview.- Production of X-Rays: From Virtual to Real Photons.- From Electromagnetic Waves to Photons.- Brightness and Coherence.- The Complete Description of Light: Higher Order Coherence.- Semi-Classical Response of Atoms to Electromagnetic Fields.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
Zusatzinfo XXVII, 921 p. 323 illus., 265 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1583 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Optik
Schlagworte Diffractive Imaging • Production of X-rays • Properties of light • Quantum Diffraction • Synchrotron radiation • Thompson Scattering • Ultrafast phenomena • Virtual and Real Photons • X-Ray Coherence • X-Ray Dichroism • X-ray free electron lasers • X-Ray Interactions with Matter • X-ray spectroscopy
ISBN-10 3-031-20743-2 / 3031207432
ISBN-13 978-3-031-20743-3 / 9783031207433
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