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Applying Ghost Imaging x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to study the electronic structure of the biologically significant molecule PENNA

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Abstract

We demonstrate the use of the spectral-domain ghost imaging technique to study electron structure of 2-phenylethyl-N,N-dimethylamine (PENNA), a biologically significant molecule due to functioning as a neurotransmitter precursor. This method correlates the single-shot x-ray and photoelectron spectra to reconstruct the spectral response of the molecule with sub bandwidth resolution. We show that we can distinguish the chemical shift of the nitrogen 1s orbital in a mixture of molecular nitrogen and PENNA. We apply this technique to time-resolved measurements in UV ionized PENNA to observe charge transfer between the amine and phenyl groups.

Presenters

  • Kurtis D Borne

    Kansas State University, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

Authors

  • Kurtis D Borne

    Kansas State University, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

  • Enliang Wang

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

  • Taran Driver

    SLAC, SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Lab; LCLS, SLAC National Lab, PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Jun Wang

    LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University; Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Lab

  • Xinxin Cheng

    LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Andrei Kamalov

    LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Siqi Li

    LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Lab; LCLS, SLAC National Lab, PULSE Insitute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Xiang Li

    SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab, SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab/Kansas State University, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Ming-Fu Lin

    SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Razib Obaid

    LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Thomas J Wolf

    SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Anbu S Venkatachalam

    Kansas State University, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University

  • James P Cryan

    SLAC National Lab, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA, Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Lab; LCLS, SLAC National Lab, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Peter Walter

    SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA

  • Artem Rudenko

    Kansas State University, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University

  • Daniel Rolles

    Kansas State University, Kansas State, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University