Illustration of EXAFS Detection (IMAGE)

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Illustration of EXAFS Detection

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This is an artist impression of X-rays from a far-away source (top right) intercepted by an interstellar dust particle (yellow square), in which emittance and absorption of electrons between neighboring atoms causes a sinusoidal behavior in the observed X-ray spectrum. (lower left). The top right shows a drawing of the XMM satellite.

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