NONDIPOLE RESONANT X-RAY RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY - POLARIZED INELASTIC-SCATTERING AT THE K EDGE OF CL-2

Experimental and theoretical studies are reported on the inelastic (Ra man) scattering of wavelength-selected polarized x rays from the K edg e of gas-phase chlorine molecules. The polarized emission spectra exhi bit prominent nondipole features consequent of phase variations of the incident and emitted radiation over molecular dimensions, as predicte d by the Kramers-Heisenberg scattering formalism. Issues pursuant to t he detection of core-hole localization by resonant Raman scattering fr om homonuclear diatomic molecules are critically examined.