Angular and Dynamical Properties in Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering: Case Study of Chlorine-containing Molecules

Authors

Renaud Guillemin, University of ParisFollow
Wayne C. Stolte, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Loic Journel, University of Paris
Stephane Carniato, University of Paris
Maria Novella Piancastelli, Uppsala UniversityFollow
Dennis W. Lindle, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Marc Simon, University of ParisFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-11-2012

Publication Title

Physical Review A

First page number:

1

Last page number:

9

Abstract

Polarization-dependent resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) has been shown to be a probe of molecular-field effects on the electronic structure of isolated molecules. In this experimental analysis we explain the linear dichroism observed in Cl 2p polarized RIXS following Cl 1s excitation of a series of chlorofluoromethanes (CF3Cl, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, and CCl4) as due to molecular-field effects, including singlet-triplet exchange. We present an approach to extract directly the 2p inner-shell electronic state populations from the experimental measurements. Using the angular properties of the measured KV emission we also are able to determine the value of the polarization anisotropy parameter βp for each resolved component of the KV emission spectra.

Keywords

Atomic orbitals; Chlorine compounds; Electronic structure; X-rays – Scattering

Disciplines

Biological and Chemical Physics | Chemistry | Physics

Language

English

Permissions

Copyright American Physical Society, used with permission

Repository Citation

Guillemin, R., Stolte, W. C., Journel, L., Carniato, S., Piancastelli, M. N., Lindle, D. W., Simon, M. (2012). Angular and Dynamical Properties in Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering: Case Study of Chlorine-containing Molecules. Physical Review A 1-9.
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