Chapter 1
Historical Developments and Future
Perspectives in Nuclear Resonance
Scattering
Rudolf Rüffer and Aleksandr I. Chumakov
Abstract In few decades, Nuclear Resonance Scattering of synchrotron radiation
developed from a dream to an advanced suite of powerful methods, gathering a wide
range of applications from general relativity to nanoscience, combining unprecedented properties of nuclear resonance and synchrotron light, and expanding studies to multiply extreme conditions. This article reviews fundamentals of nuclear
resonance physics and properties of synchrotron radiation, provides a short historical overview of the fascinating development, major techniques and instrumentation
of the method, and gives a brief snapshot of modern applications and yet coming
opportunities.
List of Acronyms
ADC
Analog-to-Digital Converter
APD
Avalanche Photo Diode
APS
Advanced Photon Source
BLS
Brillouin Light Scattering
CFD
Constant Fraction Discriminator
CONUSS
COherent NUclear resonant Scattering by Single crystals
CRL
Compound Refracrive Lens
CZ
Cloudy Zone
DAC
Diamond Anvil Cell
DESY
Deutsches ElektronenSYnchrotron
DFT
Density Functional Theory
DORIS
Doppel-Ring-Speicher
DOS
(phonon) Density Of States
R. Rüffer (B) · A. I. Chumakov
ESRF, 38043 Grenoble, France
e-mail: rueffer@esrf.fr
A. I. Chumakov
e-mail: chumakov@esrf.fr
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