Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Notes on the Use of this Book. X-rays and Their Interaction with Matter. Sources of X-rays. Refraction and Reflection from Interfaces. Kinematical Diffraction. Diffraction by Perfect Crystals. Photoelectric Absorption. Resonant Scattering. Appendix A: Scattering and Absorption Cross-Sections. Appendix B: Classical Electric Dipole Radiation. Appendix C: Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field. Appendix D: Gaussian Statistics. Appendix E: Fourier Transforms. Appendix F: Comparison of X-rays with Neutrons. Appendix G: MATLAB Computer Programs. List of Tables. References. Index.

Reviews

"...Elements of Modern X-ray Physics has many features that make it stand apart from other books and, as such, it is more worthy of a bookshelf place..." (Contemporary Physics, Vol. 43, No.4, 2002)