Synchrotron-radiation-based Mossbauer absorption spectroscopy with high resonant energy nuclides

We successfully observed the synchrotron-radiation-based Mossbauer absorption spectra with Gd-158 and Ru-99. Their nuclear resonant energies were 79.5 keV and 89.6 keV, respectively, and they are factually the highest energy which energy region synchrotron radiation covers with sufficient intensity as the incident X-rays for Mossbauer spectroscopy. Although the low recoilless fraction owing to these high resonant energy, Mossbauer energy spectra of GdPd3 to (Gd2O3)-Gd-158 and fcc-Ru nanoparticles to bulk hcp-Ru-99 metal were obtained with natural samples of the former compounds with sufficient amount, because of the high transparency of these high energy X-rays(to electronic scattering). In spite of large statistical errors, we can evaluate the hyperfine parameters when the spectrum includes simple 1-site profile. Ru-99 and Gd-158 SR-based Mossbauer absorption spectra of various complex materials including somewhat complex structures will be available with the improvements to the measurement system; More detector elements for larger solid angle subtended to the scatterer sample will yields more counting rates and improvement higher recoilless fraction by arranging more appropriate chemical specimen as the scatterer yields deeper absorption profile.