Soft X-Ray Fluorescence from Particulate Media
H. Parviainen*,1, J. Näränen2 and K. Muinonen*,2,3
- 1 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Calle Vía Láctea, E38205 La Laguna (Tenerife), Spain.
- 2 Finnish Geodetic Institute, P.O. box 15, FI-02431 Masala, Finland.
- 3 Department of Physics, P.O. box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
We introduce a Monte Carlo ray-tracing code for soft X-ray fluorescence in particulate media. We use the code to investigate the effects on absolute fluorescence line intensities and relative line ratios due to the medium porosity, incident spectrum, and particle size distribution as a function of observation geometry. In particular, we assess the differences between the results given by the simulations and by the analytical fundamental parameters equation.
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