Scattering of Polarized X-Rays by Ferromagnetic Substances

Abstract

It is shown that if high frequency polarized x-rays are scattered by some substance, the total intensity of the scattered rays should be altered by anything leading to special orientations of the electron spins of the scattering electrons. Some experiments are described in which attempts were made to detect the effect on intensity due to changes in spin orientations in ferromagnetic substances when these substances are magnetized. No effects were observed. It is shown that an attempt to reconcile the results of these experiments with those of gyromagnetic experiments leads to orientations of the spin giving the spin magnetic quantum numbers +1/2 and -1/2.