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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>x-ray spectroscopy</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>ESCA</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>XPS</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A form of spectroscopy in which photoelectrons excited by a beam of monochromatic x-rays are measured in order to find the characteristic binding energies of electrons at particular levels of the sample, thus identifying elements present there. ]]></note></mads>