Open AccessProspects of high‐resolution resonant X‐ray inelastic scattering studies on solid materials, liquids and gases at diffraction‐limited storage rings
Author(s) -
Schmitt Thorsten,
de Groot Frank M. F.,
Rubensson JanErik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s1600577514017123
Subject(s) - resonant inelastic x ray scattering , scattering , momentum transfer , physics , diffraction , inelastic scattering , optics , photon , atomic physics , inelastic neutron scattering
The spectroscopic technique of resonant inelastic X‐ray scattering (RIXS) will particularly profit from immensely improved brilliance of diffraction‐limited storage rings (DLSRs). In RIXS one measures the intensities of excitations as a function of energy and momentum transfer. DLSRs will allow for pushing the achievable energy resolution, signal intensity and the sampled spot size to new limits. With RIXS one nowadays probes a broad range of electronic systems reaching from simple molecules to complex materials displaying phenomena like peculiar magnetism, two‐dimensional electron gases, superconductivity, photovoltaic energy conversion and heterogeneous catalysis. In this article the types of improved RIXS studies that will become possible with X‐ray beams from DLSRs are envisioned.