Published December 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Solid-state effects on Rayleigh-scattering experiments: Limits for the free-atom approximation

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica da Universidade Federal do Parana, Caixa Postal 68528, Rio de Janeiro, 21941 (Brazil)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica da Universidade Federal do Parana, Caixa Postal 19091, Curitiba, 81531 (Brazil)

Description

Elastic scattering of photons from solid samples of Pb, Pt, and W was measured in order to investigate the limits within which scattering experiments can be described as being due to free atoms. The experiments were performed with photons of 22.1 keV from an x-ray tube and from an 241Am (59.54 keV) γ source, providing a momentum transfer ranging from x=0.1 to 2.0 A-1. It is shown that the low-momentum-transfer limit for the free-atom approximation will depend on the scatterer, temperature, geometrical resolution, and on the accuracy of the experiment

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 4405-4410.
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN