TY  - JOUR
A1  - Couto, Rafael C.
A1  - Cruz, Vinicius V.
A1  - Ertan, Emelie
A1  - Eckert, Sebastian
A1  - Fondell, Mattis
A1  - Dantz, Marcus
A1  - Kennedy, Brian
A1  - Schmitt, Thorsten
A1  - Pietzsch, Annette
A1  - Guimaraes, Freddy F.
A1  - Agren, Hans
A1  - Odelius, Michael
A1  - Kimberg, Victor
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
T1  - Selective gating to vibrational modes through resonant X-ray scattering
T2  - Nature Communications
N2  - The dynamics of fragmentation and vibration of molecular systems with a large number of coupled degrees of freedom are key aspects for understanding chemical reactivity and properties. Here we present a resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) study to show how it is possible to break down such a complex multidimensional problem into elementary components. Local multimode nuclear wave packets created by X-ray excitation to different core-excited potential energy surfaces (PESs) will act as spatial gates to selectively probe the particular ground-state vibrational modes and, hence, the PES along these modes. We demonstrate this principle by combining ultra-high resolution RIXS measurements for gas-phase water with state-of-the-art simulations.
Y1  - 2017
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55482
SN  - 2041-1723
VL  - 8
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  -