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The Nature of X-Rays and Their Interactions with Matter

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Authors:
  1. Joachim Stöhr

    1. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, USA

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  • Extends the semi-classical description of x-ray science to novel quantum optics phenomena
  • Provides a link between the different concepts and language used in the laser/quantum-optics and x-ray communities
  • Written by an experimentalist with emphasis on intuitive fundamental concepts

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 288)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    • Joachim Stöhr
    Pages 1-58
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  3. Production of X-Rays and Their Description

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Production of X-Rays: From Virtual to Real Photons

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 61-117
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    3. From Electromagnetic Waves to Photons

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 119-157
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    4. Brightness and Coherence

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 159-225
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    5. The Complete Description of Light: Higher Order Coherence

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 227-279
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  4. Semi-classical Theory of X-Ray Interactions with Matter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281
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    2. Semi-classical Response of Atoms to Electromagnetic Fields

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 283-315
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    3. Semi-classical Response of Solids to Electromagnetic Fields

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 317-384
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    4. Classical Diffraction and Diffractive Imaging

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 385-464
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  6. Multi-photon Interaction Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 693-693
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    2. Resonant Non-linear X-Ray Processes in Atoms

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 695-763
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    3. Non-linear Absorption and Scattering Processes in Solids

      • Joachim Stöhr
      Pages 765-847
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, USA

    Joachim Stöhr

About the author

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.

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