Introductory and Tutorial Information on XAFS

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XAFS Tutorials and Overviews

XAFS Tutorials from Grant Bunker, at IIT
EXAFS Theory from Daresbury Lab, UK
XAS Overview from Iztok Arčon, University of Nova Gorica, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Information about various sample-related distortions to measured XAS data, and how to avoid them
A set of XAS tutorials with a biological science bent from Robert Scott's group at University of Georgia
A course presented by Jim Panner-Hahn at the University of Sydney, August-September, 2005

Matt Newville's Tutorials

The last two files are companions to the longer write-up, containing similar material in a form more suitable for a lecture. This material (write-up, and the corresponding slides) is a work in progress. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Newville_xas_fundamentals.pdf The Fundamentals of XAFS (PDF format): a ~40 page introduction to XAFS, aimed at the advanced undergraduate level.
Newville_Intro.pdf Fundamentals of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, a set of slides for an oral presentation.
Newville_Expt.pdf Anatomy of an XAFS Experiment, a set of slides for an oral presentation.

Shelly Kelly's Tutorials

Basics_of_XAFS_to_chi.pdf The Basics of processing chi(k) data in Athena (PDF format): a presentation introducing the basics of processing chi(k) data in Athena.
Basics_of_XAFS_analysis.pdf The Basics of modeling EXAFS spectra in Artemis, a presentation introducing the basics of modeling EXAFS spectra in Artemis.

Bruce Ravel's Tutorials

hbcu.pdf X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in the Physical and Biological Sciences (PDF format): a short introductory presentation for an audience seeing XAS for the first time
iiss.pdf Introduction to Inner Shell Spectroscopy (PDF format): a longer introduction to XAS and XRF originally written for a synchrotron summer school at the CLS.

Note: We don't endorse amazon.com, but where appropriate, a link to their pages on these books is included:

X-ray Absorption: Principles, Applications, Techniques of EXAFS, SEXAFS, and XANES in Chemical Analysis vol. 92 edited by D.C. Koningsberger and R.Prins, John Wiley & Sons, 1988 amazon link
Basic Principles and Applications of EXAFS, Chapter 10 of Handbook of Synchrotron Radiation, pp 995--1014. E. A. Stern and S. M. Heald, edited by E. E. Koch, North-Holland, 1983. amazon link
Elements of Modern X-ray Analysis, Jens Als-Nielsen, Des McMorrow. John Wiley & Sons, 2001. This is an excellent book covers many aspects of x-ray and synchrotron science, includ ing a brief section on x-ray absorption, EXAFS, and dichroism. amazon link
Theoretical approaches to x-ray absorption fine structure J. J. Rehr and R. C. Albers, Reviews of Modern Physics Vol 72, pp. 621-892 (2000).

Analysis of Soils and Minerals Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Kelly, S.D., Hesterberg, D., and Ravel, B., in Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 5 -Mineralogical Methods, (A.L. Ulery and L.R. Drees, Eds.) p. 367. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, USA, 2008.amazon link