Timeline for At which wavelengths do photons behave like X-ray?
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| Jun 27 at 23:06 | answer | added | niels nielsen | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 26 at 23:39 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jun 26 at 22:08 | comment | added | FlatterMann | Not as far as the interaction of light with electrons is concerned. We simply can't find materials with higher electron density at normal conditions than some of the high-Z metals. That's pretty much a function of solid state physics but not a property of light, though, and even then we can enhance the existing effect geometrically. | |
| Jun 26 at 22:00 | comment | added | 哲煜黄 | As far as I know, the refractive index of hard X-rays is always close to 1 which is independent of materials. So there should be a more general mechanism. | |
| Jun 26 at 21:58 | comment | added | 哲煜黄 | If you mean grazing incidence mirrors, it didn’t contradict my claims which stated that the refractive index of hard X-rays is close to, not equal to 1. Because of the tiny difference in the refractive index, total reflection can occur at the interface when the incidence angle is sufficiently small. | |
| Jun 26 at 21:51 | comment | added | FlatterMann | Technically you are not asking about the properties of electromagnetic fields/photons, but you are asking about the properties of optical materials and I am not sure even that is a good question because hard x-ray mirrors (79keV and 122keV) have been made with layered geometries, so it's not "just" the electrons if I am not mistaken. Geometry plays a big role in the manufacturing of x-ray mirrors. | |
| Jun 26 at 21:36 | history | asked | 哲煜黄 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |