title: Coherent ultrafast core-hole correlation spectroscopy: x-ray analogues of multidimensional NMR.
abstract: We propose two-dimensional x-ray coherent correlation spectroscopy for the study of interactions between core-electron and valence transitions. This technique may find experimental applications in the future when very high intensity x-ray sources become available. Spectra obtained by varying two delay periods between pulses show off-diagonal crosspeaks induced by coupling of core transitions of two different types. Calculations of the N1s and O1s signals of aminophenol isomers illustrate how novel information about many-body effects in electronic structure and excitations of molecules can be extracted from these spectra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, USA.
authors.forename: Igor V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Schweigert
authors.forename: Shaul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukamel