CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Theoretical Background

• Experimental Configurations

• Applications

  • X-Ray Raman Scattering

    • General Description

    • Excitations of Inner Shell Electrons: XANES, EXAFS, Polarization Dependence

    • Excitations of Valence Electrons: Bethe Surfaces and Complete Optical Spectra of Water

    • S(q) and Electron Correlation Effects

  • Resonant Raman and Resonant Inelastic Scattering

    • X-Ray Resonant Raman Scattering

    • Many Electron Effects in XRRS

    • Magnetic Sensitivity in XRRS

    • X-Ray Resonant Inelastic Scattering

    • Example: RIXS in NiO

  • Compton Scattering

    • Theory and Approximations

      • A phenomenological description

      • Impulse approximation and Compton profile

    • Sharp Feature for Valence Electrons: Relevance to Chemical Bonding

    • Kinetic Energy

    • Technical Issues in the Interpretation of Compton Profiles

      • Subtraction of core electrons contribution and multiple scattering correction

      • Momentum density reconstruction

    • Examples and Applications

      • Qualitative interpretations of Compton profiles

      • Limitation of the rigid band model in Lithium-Graphite intercalation compounds

      • Refinement of a local wavefunction model from a set of DCPs

• Conclusions

• Acknowledgments

• References