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Elements of synchrotron light : for biology, chemistry, and medical research /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Margaritondo, Giorgio, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford , New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Synchrotrons.
Radiation.
Research.
Equipment and Supplies.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Users guide
  • Smart-tourist guide to a synchrotron light facility
  • Electromagnetic waves as a research tool
  • A 'real' synchrotron source
  • Controlling the source parameters? No problem!
  • Bending magnets as synchrotron light sources
  • Wigglers
  • Polarization
  • Coherence
  • 2. The facility
  • Beamlines
  • Vacuum systems
  • Experimental chambers
  • Becoming a synchrotron light user
  • 3. Applications of synchrotron light
  • X-ray imaging
  • Spectroscopy
  • X-ray microscopy and spectromicroscopy
  • Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)
  • X-ray scattering and crystallography
  • Microfabrication and other techniques
  • 4. Free electron lasers (FELs)
  • Elementary description of lasers and FELs
  • X-ray FEL's (or X-FELs)
  • 5. Future directions
  • New sources
  • New applications
  • Novel management techniques
  • A few final words