In situ Mössbauer spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation on thin films

Author(s)

Svetoslav Stankov, Bogdan Sepiol, Gero Vogl, Marcel Sladecek, Jozef Korecki, K Parlinski, Marcin Zajac, Tomasz Slezak, Ralf Röhlsberger

Abstract

Soon after the first observation [1–3] by Rudolf Mössbauer in 1958 of nuclear resonant recoilless absorption and emission of g-rays from nuclei of 191Ir, theMössbauer effect became a well-established spectroscopic method for probing the electronic, magnetic, and dynamic properties of solids, liquids, and even gases [4]. The unprecedentedly high intrinsic energy resolving power on the order of 10 13 offered by the Mössbauer effect is determined by the natural linewidth of the nuclear resonant exited state. The relatively simple and easily accessible experimental setup, and the observation of the effect in isotopes of widely spread and technologically relevant elements such as iron and tin and their compounds stimulated the explosion of applications of the Mössbauer spectroscopy not only in solid state physics but also in fundamental physics [5], chemistry [6], geology [7], biology [8], industry [9], and many other fields.

Organisation(s)

Dynamics of Condensed Systems

External organisation(s)

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, AGH University of Science and Technology, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Hamburger Synchrotronstahlungslabor HASYLAB

Pages

3-42

No. of pages

40

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118714614.ch01

Publication date

2013

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

1030 Physics, Astronomy, 103008 Experimental physics, 103015 Condensed matter

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/806cbf33-33e2-4a1c-ab40-0a3a7332f2ba