Literature and reference material

Reference tables & databases

• X-ray data booklet ("The Orange Book")
• Printable x-ray periodic tables
• Widths of the atomic K-N7 levels (Campbell & Papp)
• Pair, Triplet, and Total Atomic Cross Sections (and Mass Attenuation Coefficients) for 1MeV-100 GeV Photons in Elements Z=1 to 100 (Hubbell, Gimm & Overbo)
• Hartree-Fock Compton profiles for the Elements (Biggs, Mendelsohn, Mann)
• Atomic subshell photoionization cross sections and asymmetry parameters: 1<=Z<=103 (Yeh & Lindau)
• Crystal orientation manual (Elizabeth A. Wood)
• Reference XAFS spectra of metal foils
• Gas Phase Core Excitation Database (Hitchcock group)
• Core Excitation Bibliography (Hitchcock group)
• ESRF ID20 available analyzers (Roberto Verbeni)
• X-Ray Interactions: Photoabsorption, Scattering, Transmission, and Reflection at E = 50-30,000 eV, Z = 1-92 (Henke, Gullikson, Davis)

Useful x-ray online tools

• X-ray interactions with matter: https://henke.lbl.gov/optical_constants/
• Another set of tools for x-ray interactions with matter: https://xraydb.xrayabsorption.org
• Crystal analyzer atlas: https://www.aps.anl.gov/Analyzer-Atlas/Analyzer-Atlas

Literature, bibliography

• List of set-ups in Compton experiments
• Soft X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation (course by Professor David Attwood, University of Berkeley 2005)