title: Prevailing features of x-ray-induced molecular electron spectra revealed with fullerenes.
abstract: X-ray photoabsorption from intense short pulses by a molecule triggers complicated electron and subsequently ion dynamics, leading to photoelectron spectra, which are difficult to interpret. Illuminating fullerenes offers a way to separate out the electron dynamics since the cage structure confines spatially the origin of photo- and Auger electrons. Together with the sequential nature of the photoprocesses at intensities available at x-ray free-electron lasers, this allows for a remarkably detailed interpretation of the photoelectron spectra, as we will demonstrate. The general features derived can serve as a paradigm for less well-defined situations in other large molecules or clusters.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camacho Garibay
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Saalmann
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rost