International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 7.4, p. 657

Figure 7.4.3.1 

N. G. Alexandropoulosa and M. J. Cooperb
[Figure 7.4.3.1]
Figure 7.4.3.1

Schematic diagram of the inelastic scattering interactions, ΔE = E1E2 is the energy transferred from the photon and K the momentum transfer. The valence electrons are characterized by the Fermi energy, EF, and momentum, kF ([\hbar] being taken as unity). The core electrons are characterized by their binding energy EB. The dipole approximation is valid when |K|a < 1, where a is the orbital radius of the scattering electron.