Dear Jacob,
I think it is because the fluorescence is incoherent, and hence
contributes to the background rather than to the diffraction.
Congratulations, by the way, for managing to spell "fluorescence"
correctly twice within a short space! Usually it occurs as "flourescence",
which if pronounced "flour essence" conjures up the image of a rather
unappealing substance.
With best wishes,
Gerard.
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:23:19AM -0500, Jacob Keller wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> What is the reason that x-ray fluorescence is neglected in our
experiments? Obviously it is measureable, as in EXAFS experiments to
determine anomalous edges, but should it not play a role in the intensities
as well? What am I missing?
>
> Jacob
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