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The dawn of X‐ray spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Gerward L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/xrs.2454
Subject(s) - spectroscopy , subject (documents) , point (geometry) , field (mathematics) , engineering physics , physics , history , art history , library science , computer science , astronomy , mathematics , geometry , pure mathematics
This paper describes a few episodes from the early days of X‐ray spectroscopy. It relies on contemporary publications, especially those by Barkla, Moseley, Siegbahn, and Compton. The paper addresses the subject from the vantage point of physics and should be of interest to the X‐ray spectroscopist, who wants to obtain a glimpse of the history of his chosen field. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.