Speaker
Ms
A. Pietzsch
(MAX-lab, Lund University, Lund, Sweden)
Description
Most fundamental questions regarding the function of complex molecular systems are related to different molecular building blocks and their local electronic and dynamic properties. Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) has for a long time allowed access to site-specific electronic structure information on the atomic length scale. As a photon-in/photon-out technique, it is also ideally suited for the investigation of liquids. However, the lack of adequate sources has up to now limited the access to direct information about local coordination and dynamics and only a fraction of the inherent advantages have been exploited.
We present RIXS spectra of liquids (acetone, water) and gases (O2, CO2) excited at the oxygen K-edge with a resolution o of E/dE~10000. For the first time, we are able to resolve single vibrational modes, opening a wealth of new possibilities such as mapping local potential energy surfaces of the electronic ground state which no other technique can access. Highly energy resolved spectra obtained at the ADRESS beamline at the SLS are presented along with ab-initio multimode scattering calculations that resemble the data in very high detail.
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resonant inelastic and elastic x-ray scattering
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Primary author
Ms
A. Pietzsch
(MAX-lab, Lund University, Lund, Sweden)
Co-authors
Mr
A. Föhlisch
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany)
Mr
B. Kennedy
(MAX-lab, Lund University, Lund, Sweden)
Mr
F. Gel'mukhanov
(2Theoretical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
Dr
F. Hennies
(MAX-lab, Lund university, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University)
Mr
H. O. Karlsson
(Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 518, S-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden)
Mr
J. Andersson
(Department of Physics and Astronomy,Uppsala University, Uppsala,Sweden)
Ms
J. Schlappa
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany)
Mr
J.-E. Rubensson
(Department of Physics and Astronomy,Uppsala University, Uppsala,Sweden)
Mr
M. Odelius
(FYSIKUM, Albanova, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden)
Mr
T. Schmitt
(Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland)
Mr
V. N. Strocov
(Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland)
Ms
Y. Sun
(Theoretical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
Mr
Z. Rinkevicius
(Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Swedish e-Science Research Center (SeRC), Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden)
