Thank you, Robert, Matthew, Jeff, Kirill, Terry and Sirine for great
suggestions.
I initially thought that the explanation for the linearity or the transmission
signal is a superposition of two opposite trends: 1) increase of flux with
energy due to the mirror effect and 2) similar decrease w
The mirror was set up for a run at the Pd K-edge, according to the
problem statement. Therefore, its nominal angle must be such as to put
the critical energy >25keV. An angle of 3mrad would do it. At that
angle, the reflectivity (assuming no roughness) goes up with energy in
the relevant ran
Well, I’ll take a shot. Looks like the mirror angle is totally fubared, you are
getting Bragg peaks from the coating or substrate that are giving you the peaks
in Io. Since you have no idea what angle those are going through Io, they are
unlikely to make it into either the sample or It. Since th
