Time-Resolved Resonant Auger Scattering Clocks Distortion of a MoleculeShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, E-ISSN 1948-7185, Vol. 14, no 24, p. 5475-5480Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Resonant Auger scattering (RAS) provides information on the core-valence electronic transition and impresses a rich fingerprint of the electronic structure and nuclear configuration at the time-initiating RAS process. Here, we suggest using a femtosecond X-ray pulse to trigger RAS in a distorted molecule, which is generated from the nuclear evolution on a valence excited state pumped by a femtosecond ultraviolet pulse. With the time delay varied, the amount of molecular distortion can be controlled and the RAS measurements imprint both their electronic structures and changing geometries. This strategy is showcased in H2O prepared in an O-H dissociative valence state, where molecular and fragment lines appear in RAS spectra as signatures of ultrafast dissociation. Given the generality of this approach for a broad class of molecules, this work opens a new alternative pump-probe technique for mapping the core and valence dynamics with ultrashort X-ray probe pulses.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2023. Vol. 14, no 24, p. 5475-5480
National Category
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics Physical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-334854DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01347ISI: 001006208500001PubMedID: 37289034Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85163477600OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-334854DiVA, id: diva2:1792047
Note
QC 20230829
2023-08-282023-08-282024-07-04Bibliographically approved