Theoretical Foundations of XANES and EXAFS and their Applications

Abstract

In this review X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) is compared with EXAFS from the theoretical view point. In the XANES region, the full multiple scattering becomes important, but in the EXAFS region it is not important except the special case. The information about the geometric and the electronic structures obtained from the XANES is illustrated in some recent results.