Schedule at a glance
Basic concept of X-ray spectroscopy: interaction picture, Fermi Golden rule and applications
Time dependent representation: wave packet and Green's function methods
X-ray photoelectron (XPS) and absorption (NEXAFS, EXAFS, ARPIS) spectroscopies
Resonant X-ray scattering: RIXS and RAS
Nuclear dynamics in resonant X-ray scattering
* Given by Prof. Faris Gelmukhanov and Dr. Victor Kimberg (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Mon, 6/2. Dr. Vinicius Vaz da Cruz (HZB-Berlin, Germany) "The TD-DFT route to solution-phase X-ray spectroscopy"
Tue, 7/2. Prof. Sonia Coriani (DTU, Denmark) "Correlated methods for local and ultrafast processes, also involving the electronic continuum. From X-ray absorption to resonant Auger-Meitner"
Wed, 8/2. Prof. Vincenzo Carravetta (IPCF CNR, Piza, Italy) "History and modern developments of computational photoelectron spectroscopy"
Thu, 9/2. Prof. Stephane Carniato (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France) "Double core-hole spectroscopies: Introduction to adapted theoretical approaches"
Fri, 10/2. Dr. Nanna List (KTH, Sweden) "In silico probing of photo-induced molecular processes using X-rays"
Basic knowledge and courses in Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Modeling are helpful, as well as some basic experience with computer simulations
This winter school involves approximately 50 study hours and we recommend that 2.0 ECTS credits are awarded for students that pass the course
PhD students attending on-site all lectures and delivering all recommended assignment are eligible to receive a certificate of participation and recommended credits
Deadline for the assignments submission is one week after the winter school, February 17th, 2023
After a successful course completion, you will be able to:
explain the general principles of different kinds of X-ray spectroscopy
apply both time-dependent and -independent approaches in spectroscopic analysis
apply a wave packet-based approach for the time dependent solution of the Schrödinger equation for free propagation and harmonic potential
derive the Fermi-Golden rule and the rates of absorption, photoionization, emission and Auger processes
extract structural information from the X-ray ionization and absorption spectroscopy
build a theoretical model for resonant X-ray Raman and Auger scattering that takes into account both electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom
Examiner: Prof. F. Gelmukhanov
Organizers: Nanna List, Faris Gelmukhanov, and Victor Kimberg
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, CBH school, Department of Chemistry, Malvinas v. 10, 11428 Stockholm
Contact: for any further enquiries please contact Victor Kimberg via kimberg@kth.se
Financial support: the event is funded via the framework of STINT Mobility grant for Internationalisation Programme,
project No. MG2021-9085