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Resonant X-ray Emission and Valence-band Lifetime Broadening in LiNO3

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Author(s)

John T. Vinson, Terrence J. Jach, Matthias Mueller, Rainer Unterumsberger, Burkhard Beckhoff

Abstract

X-ray absorption and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering measurements are carried out on lithium nitrate LiNO3. Echoing previous studies on ammonium nitrate, the σ orbitals around the nitrogen atoms exhibit a large lifetime effect. Experimentally, this is manifest as an apparent weakening of the x-ray emission signal from these states, but a closer examination shows this to be due to extreme broadening. Using first-principles self-energy and Bethe-Salpeter equation calculations we show that this effect is due in part to short quasi-hole lifetimes for orbitals in the NOσ bonds.
Citation
Physical Review B
Volume
100

Citation

Vinson, J. , Jach, T. , Mueller, M. , Unterumsberger, R. and Beckhoff, B. (2019), Resonant X-ray Emission and Valence-band Lifetime Broadening in LiNO3, Physical Review B, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.085143 (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created August 28, 2019, Updated November 1, 2019