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Isotope labeling is a fundamental staple for the study of cellular metabolism and protein function. The conventional techniques that allow resolution and identification of isotopically-labeled biomarkers, such as mass spectrometry and…
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The study of elementary bosonic excitations is essential toward a complete description of quantum electronic solids. In this context, resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) has recently risen to becoming a versatile probe of electronic…
We study the origin of the structure in the spin-polarized electron energy loss spectroscopy (SPEELS) spectra of ferromagnetic crystals. Our study is based on a 3d tight-binding Fe model, with constant onsite Coulomb repulsion U between…
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We devise a formalism to investigate in a systematic way the spectroscopic magnetic excitations in molecular magnets. This consists in introducing a bilinear spin Hamiltonian that allows for discrete coupling parameters accounting for…