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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Volume 377, Issue 2145, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0477
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time-resolved X-ray scattering; molecular movies; X-ray free electron lasers
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science Program
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-76SF00515]
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Limits on the ability of time-resolved X-ray scattering (TRXS) to observe harmonic motion of amplitude, A and frequency, omega(0), about an equilibrium position, R-0, are considered. Experimental results from a TRXS experiment at the LINAC Coherent Light Source are compared to classical and quantum theories that demonstrate a fundamental limitation on the ability to observe the amplitude of motion. These comparisons demonstrate dual limits on the spatial resolution through Q(max) and the temporal resolution through omega(max) for observing the amplitude of motion. In the limit where omega(max) approximate to omega(0), the smallest observable amplitude of motion is A= 2 pi/Q(max). In the limit where omega(max) >= 2 omega(0), A <= 2 pi/Q(max) is observable provided there are sufficient statistics. This article is part of the theme issue 'Measurement of ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics with X-rays'.
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