We report the investigation of Xe clusters in amorphous carbon by x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to understand the properties of solid xenon. Measurements have been performed on xenon L3 absorption edge at room temperature (300K). Using computational XANES calculation for fcc and hcp structures it was possible to study the XANES fine structure origin and a relation between the x-ray absorption near edge structure and the lattice constant. Comparing those results with our experimental data we determined that the XAS fine near edge structure has a specific behavior for solid xenon and does not have this behavior for gas Xe end Xe diluted in others chemical elements matrices.
Xe clusters; Amorphous carbon; X-ray absorption spectroscopy
