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Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at the limit of subfemtosecond natural lifetime

Marchenko, T. ; Journel, L. ; Marin, T. ; Guillemin, R. ; Carniato, S. ; Žitnik, M. ; Kavčič, Matjaz ; Bučar, K. ; Mihelič, A. ; Hoszowska, Joanna ; Cao, Wei ; Simon, M.

In: The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2011, vol. 134, no. 14, p. 144308

We present measurements of the resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra of the CH3I molecule in the hard-x-ray region near the iodine L2 and L3 absorption edges. We show that dispersive RIXS spectral features that were recognized as a fingerprint of dissociative molecular states can be interpreted in terms of ultrashort natural lifetime of ∼200 attoseconds in the case of the iodine...

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High-resolution KMM radiative Auger x-ray emission spectra of calcium induced by synchrotron radiation

Cao, Wei ; Kavčič, Matjaz ; Dousse, Jean-Claude ; Berset, Michel ; Bučar, K. ; Budnar, M. ; Fennane, Karima ; Hoszowska, Joanna ; Maillard, Yves-Patrick ; Szlachetko, Jakub ; Szlachetko, Monika ; Žitnik, M.

In: Physical Review A, 2011, vol. 83, no. 4, p. 042513

The KMM radiative Auger (RA) x-ray spectra of solid Ca were induced by monochromatic synchrotron radiation and measured with a high-resolution von Hamos bent crystal spectrometer. Two excitation energies were employed, one in the near K threshold region and the second well above the K absorption edge. The KMM RA spectral structure and relative intensity with respect to the diagram ...

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Synchrotron-radiation-based determination of Xe L-subshell Coster-Kronig yields: a reexamination via high-resolution x-ray spectroscopy

Cao, Wei ; Dousse, Jean-Claude ; Hoszowska, Joanna ; Žitnik, M. ; Kavčič, Matjaz ; Bučar, K.

In: Physical Review A, 2010, vol. 81, no. 1, p. 012501

The xenon L-subshell Coster-Kronig (CK) transition yields were revisited via high-resolution measurements of the Lα1,2 (L₃-M4,5) and Lβ₁ (L₂-M₄) x-ray emission lines. The L x-ray spectra were measured employing a Johansson-type curved crystal spectrometer and energy-tunable synchrotron radiation. The CK yields were derived from the relative L x-ray intensity jumps...