Nonrelativistic quantum x-ray physics /

• Main Author: Hau-Riege, Stefan P. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2015]
• Subjects: X-rays.; Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics.; Matter > Effect of radiation on.; Physics.; Quantum theory.; X-rays > Scattering.; SCIENCE > Physics > Quantum Theory.; Electronic books.

Providing a solid theoretical background in photon-matter interaction, Nonrelativistic Quantum X-Ray Physics enables readers to understand experiments performed at XFEL-facilities and x-ray synchrotrons. As a result, after reading this book, scientists and students will be able to outline and perfor...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. Introduction
• Review of Some Concepts in Quantum Mechanics
• Quantization of the Free Electromagnetic Field
• Quantization of the Free Electromagnetic Field. Classical Electromagnetic Fields
• Harmonic Oscillator
• Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field
• Continuous Fock Space
• Coherence
• Examples for Electromagnetic States
• Interaction of X-Rays with Matter
• Interaction of X-Rays with Matter. Interaction of the Electromagnetic Field with Matter
• Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
• Application of Perturbation Theory to the Interaction of Electromagnetic Fields with Matter
• Applications of X-Ray-Matter-Interaction Theory
• Applications of X-Ray-Matter-Interaction Theory. X-Ray Scattering by Free Electrons
• Radiative Atomic Bound-Bound Transitions
• One-Photon Photoionization
• Bremsstrahlung
• X-Ray Scattering
• Relaxation Processes
• Multiphoton Photoionization
• Threshold Phenomena.