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Time‐resolution experiments using x‐ray synchrotron radiation

APR 01, 1984
Scientists in fields ranging from condensed‐matter physics to biochemistry are taking advantage of the natural temporal structure of the high‐intensity x rays emitted by sources of synchrotron radiation.
Dennis M. Mills

Many important biological, chemical and physical phenomena take place on time scales of nanoseconds or picoseconds. Those working to unravel the time development of such fast processes have long recognized that pulsed electromagnetic radiation and particle beams often make more incisive probes than do continuous emissions. During the last decade, a powerful new device joined the arsenal of modulated radiation sources available to scientists attacking problems that require good temporal resolution—the high‐energy storage ring.

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More about the authors

Dennis M. Mills, Cornell High‐Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, New York.

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