The lecture gives an introduction into the foundations of the interactions of x-rays with matter. Special emphasis will be given on the role of modern x-ray sources like synchrotrons and x-ray lasers. Several fascinating applications of x-rays in the natural sciences will be presentend, ranging from materials science and structural biology to the new field of quantum and nonlinear optics with x-rays.
Main contents of the lecture are:
(1) Generation of x-rays: X-ray tubes, synchrotrons and x-ray lasers
(2) Interaction of X-rays with matter: Basic mechanisms
(3) X-ray optics: Refraction and Reflection of X-rays
(4) Kinematical Scattering Theory
(5) Dynamical Scattering Theory
(6) Small-angle x-ray scattering
(7) Anomalous scattering and x-ray spectroscopy
(8) Imaging with coherent X-rays
(9) X-ray studies of thin films and magnetic nanostructures
(10) Quantum and nonlinear optics with X-rays
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