Resonant diffraction of synchrotron radiation in rubidium dihydrophosphate crystals

Abstract

Purely resonant Bragg reflections 006, 5\( \bar 5 \)0, and 666 in a rubidium dihydrophosphate (RbH2PO4) crystal at the K edge of rubidium have been experimentally and theoretically investigated. These reflections remain forbidden when the resonant dipole-dipole (E1E1) contribution to the resonant atomic factor is taken into account; they may be due to the dipole-quadrupole (E1E2) transitions as well as to the anisotropy atomic factor, which is caused by thermal atomic displacements (thermally induced contribution) and/or local jumps of hydrogen atoms. A numerical simulation showed that, at room temperature (experimental conditions), the thermally induced contribution to the “forbidden” reflections is dominant.