Detecting coherent core-hole wave-packet dynamics in N2 by time- and angle-resolved inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy
arXiv:1907.06993 · doi:10.1063/1.5109867
Abstract
We propose an imaging technique to follow core-hole wave-packet oscillations in the nitrogen molecule. In this scheme, an attosecond x-ray pulse core-ionizes the nitrogen molecule and a subsequent attosecond x-ray pulse probes the evolution of the electron dynamics. We can image the oscillation of the core-hole between the two atomic sites by measuring the angular correlation between photoelectrons. Analytical relations for the angular correlation are derived based on the plane-wave approximation for the photoelectron wave function. We validate these results with a scattering calculation for the photoelectron wave function. The feasibility of the experimental realization of this scheme is discussed in light of current and future capabilities of x-ray free-electron lasers.
arXiv commentThe following article has been accepted by The Journal of Chemical Physics. After it is published, it will be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5109867
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