Inelastic Scattering

This work offers information on the new technologies that have made it possible to achieve inelastic scattering of X-rays, which allow direct observation of the small energy shifts of photons.

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This work offers information on the new technologies that have made it possible to achieve inelastic scattering of X-rays, which allow direct observation of the small energy shifts of photons. Studies of lattice vibrations, of excitations in molecular crystals, of collective excitations in liquids and electronic excitations in crystals demonstrating the broad applicability and power of this new technology, are all discussed. The energies of very small excitations of condensed matter (crystals, liquids), important not only in physics, but particularly in biology, chemistry and materials sciences can also be measured by inelastic X-ray scattering. The technology is expected to become a standard diagnostic method in these disciplines.