Synchrotron Radiation Research

Description

This book has grown out of our shared experience in the development of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL), based on the electron-positron storage ring SPEAR at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) starting in Summer, 1973. The immense potential of the photon beam from SPEAR became obvious as soon as experiments using the beam started to run in May, 1974. The rapid growth of interest in using the beam since that time and the growth of other facilities using high-energy storage rings (see Chapters 1 and 3) demonstrates how the users of this source of radiation are finding applications in an increasingly wide variety of fields of science and technology. In assembling the list of authors for this book, we have tried to cover as many of the applications of synchrotron radiation, both realized already or in the process of realization, as we can. Inevitably, there are omissions both through lack of space and because many projects are at an early stage. We thank the authors for their efforts and cooperation in producing what we believe is the most comprehensive treatment of synchrotron radiation research to date. Front Matter....Pages i-xx An Overview of Synchrotron Radiation Research....Pages 1-10 Properties of Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 11-25 Synchrotron Radiation Sources, Research Facilities, and Instrumentation....Pages 27-60 Inner-Shell Threshold Spectra....Pages 61-100 Electron Spectrometry of Atoms and Molecules....Pages 101-157 Photoemission as a Tool to Study Solids and Surfaces....Pages 159-221 Microlithography with Soft X Rays....Pages 223-275 Soft X-Ray Microscopy of Biological Specimens....Pages 277-322 Synchrotron Radiation as a Modulated Source for Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements and for Time-Resolved Spectroscopy....Pages 323-352 The Principles of X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy....Pages 353-385 Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure in Condensed Materials....Pages 387-400 X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy: Catalyst Applications....Pages 401-424 X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules....Pages 425-458 X-Ray Fluorescence Microprobe for Chemical Analysis....Pages 459-512 Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering of Macromolecules in Solution....Pages 513-531 Small-Angle Diffraction of X Rays and the Study of Biological Structures....Pages 533-564 Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction and Anomalous Scattering Using Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 565-605 Application of Synchrotron Radiation to X-Ray Topography....Pages 607-638 Inelastic Scattering....Pages 639-646 Nuclear Resonance Experiments Using Synchrotron Radiation Sources....Pages 647-662 Wiggler Systems as Sources of Electromagnetic Radiation....Pages 663-716 The Free-Electron Laser and Its Possible Developments....Pages 717-741 Back Matter....Pages 743-754