X-Ray Spectroscopy

Rontgen''s discovery of X-rays in 1895 launched a subject which became central to the development of modern physics. The verification of many of the predic­ tions of quantum theory by X-ray spectroscopy in the early part of the twen­ tieth century stimulated great interest in thi''s area, which has subsequently influenced fields as diverse as chemical physics, nuclear physics, and the study of the...