Experimental Astronomy and Astrophysics WWW Resources

• Physics of X-rays
  • X-ray Interactions with Matter (atomic scattering factors, X-ray properties, calculate reflectivity, transmission, attenuation, etc. of X-rays; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
  • X-ray absorption coeff., edge energies, fluor. yield, etc.
  • Tables of X-Ray Mass Attenuation Coefficients and Mass Energy-Absorption Coefficients (NIST database)
  • X-ray WWW Server (COREX bib. and database, binding and emission energies, etc.)
  • NIST XCOM: Photon Cross Sections Database
  • NIST Form Factor, Attenuation, and Scattering Tables
  • NIST Bibl. of Photon Cross-sections (10 eV to 13.5 GeV)
  • X-RAY DATA BOOKLET (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
• Particle Physics
  • Passage of Particles through Matter (LBNL)
  • Particle Detectors (LBNL)
  • Accelerator Physics (LBNL)
• Synchrotron Radiation
  • Formulas for Accelerator Physics and Synchrotron Radiation
  • Synchrotron Light Sources of the World
• Nuclear Properties
  • Interactive Chart of the Nuclides (BNL)
  • Nuclear Data Service (Lund University)
• Optics
  • Adaptive Optics Tutorial (Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory)
  • Stellar Interferometry Tutorial (ESO)
  • The Largest Optical Telescopes
  • Optical Radiation Terminology and Units (pdf file)
  • Definitions of Quantities used in Radiation Theory (pdf file)

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