Analytical model for the bremsstrahlung spectrum in the 0.25-20 keV photon energy range

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-319

  Castellano, Gustavo ^a   Osán, János ^b   Trincavelli, Jorge ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bremsstrahlung; Electron probe microanalysis; Low photon energies; Ultra thin window detector

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; SILICON; ULTRATHIN FILMS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG SPECTRUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 1842581501     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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