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Selection rules are often considered a hallmark of symmetry. When a symmetry is broken, e.g., by an external perturbation, the system exhibits selection rule deviations which are often analyzed by perturbation theory. Here, we employ…
We first report a novel phenomenon that manifests itself in a colossal difference in soft x-ray reflectivity from ferromagnetic transition-metal films between the left- and right-handed circular polarization (LCP and RCP) modes at a…
The polarization properties of the elastic electron scattering on H-like ions are investigated within the framework of the relativistic QED theory. The polarization properties are determined by a combination of relativistic effects and spin…
We study Thomson scattering from the antiferroquadrupole ordering phase in TmTe. On the basis of the group theoretical treatment, we classify the selection rules of the scattering intensity governed by the orientation of the scattering…
We performed mixed quantum-classical molecular dynamics simulations based on first-principles potential-energy surfaces to demonstrate that the scattering of a beam of singlet O2 molecules at Al(111) will enable an unambiguous assessment of…
The effects of two-photon exchange corrections, suggested to explain the difference between measurements of the proton elastic electromagnetic form factors using the polarization transfer and Rosenbluth techniques, have been studied in…
The emission of the 4.438-MeV gamma-ray line in proton inelastic scattering off 12C has been investigated in detail. The correlated scattering and emission process is described independently for the direct reaction mechanism and for the…
We present a microscopic theory of resonant soft x-ray scattering (RSXS) that accounts for the delocalized character of valence electrons. Unlike past approaches defined in terms of form factors for atoms or clusters, we develop a…
The magnetic structure of RuO2 and the Ru atomic configuration are unknown. A magnetic structure is inferred by confronting measured and calculated Bragg diffraction patterns and adjusting the latter to achieve satisfactory agreement. An…
The orbital distribution of the spin fluctuation in the iron-based superconductors(IBSs) is the key information needed to understand the magnetism, superconductivity and electronic nematicity in these multi-orbital systems. In this work, we…
A thorough tensor analysis of the Bragg-forbidden reflection (00.3)$_h$ in corundum systems having a global center of inversion, like V$_2$O$_3$ and $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$, shows that anomalous x-ray resonant diffraction can access chiral…
Second harmonic generation (SHG) on the pyrochlore metal Cd2Re2O7 indicates the presence of three order parameters setting in below an inversion breaking transition. Here, we explore a possible structural explanation and relate it not only…
Neutron scattering on exotic nuclides is a class of processes which can not be studied directly now and in any observable future. Resonance proton scattering of exotic nuclide on a thick target in inverse kinematics can be used to infer the…
The resonant inelastic x-ray scattering spectrum in insulating cuprates is examined by using the exact diagonalization technique on small clusters in the two-dimensional Hubbard model with second and third neighbor hopping terms. When the…
We compute three and four point functions of the non-BPS scattering amplitudes, including a closed string Ramond-Ramond, gauge/scalar and tachyon in type IIA (IIB) superstring theories. We then discover a unique expansion for tachyon…
The surface structural phases of Ca(2-x)Sr(x)RuO(4) are investigated using quantitative Low Energy Electron Diffraction. The broken symmetry at the surface enhances the structural instability against the RuO6 rotational distortion while…
The problem of the anisotropic Inverse Compton scattering between a monochromatic photon beam and relativistic electrons is revisited and formally solved without approximations. Solutions are given for the single scattering with an electron…
Distributions of inelastically scattered neutrons can be quantum dynamically described by a scattering kernel. We present an accurate and computationally efficient rejection method for sampling a given scattering kernel of any isotropic…
X-ray techniques have been used for more than a century to study the atomic and electronic structure in virtually any type of material. The advent of correlated electron systems, in particular complex oxides, brought about new scientific…
To understand the photophysics of molecular aggregates, exciton model of J- and H-aggregate has been extensively utilized. However, it lacks consideration of crystal symmetry. Although discrete molecules may lack symmetry, their aggregates…