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Electronic state interferences in resonant x-ray emission after K-shell excitation in HCl
1Jozef Stefan Institute, Post Office Box 3000, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Abstract:
We have measured a series of high-resolution x-ray spectra emitted upon resonant photoexcitation of HCl. The photon energy was tuned across the dissociative 1s→6σ* resonance and the Rydberg states converging to the Cl 1s(-1) threshold, and inelastic photon scattering was observed in the region of KL emission lines. Excellent agreement is found between fully ab initio calculated and measured spectra if interferences between different excitation-emission paths are taken into account. The effect of electronic state interferences is enhanced due to dynamical broadening of the 6σ* resonance in HCl.
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