Accessible reciprocal-space region for non-coplanar Bragg and Laue geometries

Sharp-focusing Bragg-Fresnel zone plate with Laue diffraction geometry.

The impact of decreased zone height on the focal properties of hard X-ray Bragg-Fresnel zone plates has been studied by numerical simulation. Decreased zone height allows for smaller zone widths and, although the efficiency of the lens is decreased, the signal-to-background ratio in the focal plane of the lens remains at a comparatively high level. This is distinct from an analogous case of ord...

Moiré pattern from a multiple Bragg–Laue interferometer

In X-ray section topography of Si 220 diffraction in a multiple Bragg-Laue mode, a moiré pattern is observed when the incident beam is divided into two parts by inserting a platinum wire in the middle of the beam. The moiré pattern can be explained by the summation of two interference fringes corresponding to the two incident beams. The coherency of the X-rays from the bending-magnet beamline i...

Integral dose investigation of non-coplanar treatment beam geometries in radiotherapy.

PURPOSE Automated planning and delivery of non-coplanar plans such as 4π radiotherapy involving a large number of fields have been developed to take advantage of the newly available automated couch and gantry on C-arm gantry linacs. However, there is an increasing concern regarding the potential changes in the integral dose that needs to be investigated. METHODS A digital torso phantom and 22...

Non - Coplanar Magnetic Reconnection

Space versus Time: Unimodular versus Non-Unimodular Projective Ring Geometries?

Finite projective (lattice) geometries defined over rings instead of fields have recently been recognized to be of great importance for quantum information theory. We believe that there is much more potential hidden in these geometries to be unleashed for physics. There exist specific rings over which the projective spaces feature two principally distinct kinds of basic constituents (points and...