Angular anisotropy of resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering from liquid water
Abstract
Resonantly excited soft x-ray emission spectra of liquid water have been measured at two different angles relative to the polarization direction of the exciting radiation. The results demonstrate that the emission is much more isotropic than expected for the free water molecule but that the trends in the remaining anisotropy qualitatively agree. It is found that the two sharp oxygen peaks at high emission energy correspond to states of different symmetry.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- April 2009
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2009PhRvB..79m2203F
- Keywords:
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- 61.20.-p;
- 78.70.En;
- 33.15.Fm;
- 79.90.+b;
- Structure of liquids;
- X-ray emission spectra and fluorescence;
- Bond strengths dissociation energies;
- Other topics in electron and ion emission by liquids and solids and impact phenomena