Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 208, 129-132 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2012-01613-4

Regular Article

Resonant elastic X-ray scattering from 5f systems

¹ European Commission, JRC, Institute for Transuranium Elements, 76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
² Institut Laue Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France

^a e-mail: lander@ill.fr

Received: 16 October 2011
Revised: 23 March 2012
Published online: 15 June 2012

Abstract

The first REXS experiments on a uranium compound at the U M₄ edge (3.728 keV) took place at BNL twenty years ago. An enormous enhancement of the scattering intensity was found. Since that time many other systems have been examined. This paper reviews some of the highlights of resonant scattering from actinide systems, and attempts to extrapolate what might be the future of this field.