J. van den Brink and M. van Veenendaal 2006 Europhys. Lett. 73 121 doi:10.1209/epl/i2005-10366-9
J. van den Brink1,2 and M. van Veenendaal3,4
Show affiliationsWe express the cross-section for indirect resonant inelastic X-ray scattering in terms of an intrinsic dynamic correlation function of the system that is studied with this technique. We find that the cross-section is a linear combination of the charge response function and the dynamic longitudinal spin density correlation function of the electrons that couple to the core-hole. This result is asymptotically exact for both strong and weak local core-hole potentials. The relative charge and spin contribution to the inelastic spectral weight can be changed by varying the incident photon energy.
78.70.-g Interactions of particles and radiation with matter
Issue 1 (January 2006)
Received 24 August 2005, accepted for publication 4 November 2005, in final form 4 November 2005
Published 2 December 2005
J. van den Brink and M. van Veenendaal 2006 Europhys. Lett. 73 121
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