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Double-core-hole (DCH) states in isolated water and heavy water molecules, resulting from the sequential absorption of two x-ray photons, have been investigated. A comparison of the subsequent Auger emission spectra from the two isotopes provides direct evidence of ultrafast nuclear motion during the 1.5 fs lifetime of these DCH states. Our numerical results align well with the experimental data, providing for various DCH states an in-depth study of the dynamics responsible of the observed isotope effect.

We developed recently [A. Fert\'e, et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 4359 (2020)] a method to compute single site double core hole (ssDCH or K$^{-2}$) spectra. We refer to that method as NOTA+CIPSI. In the present paper this method is applied to the O K$^{-2}$ spectrum of the CO$_2$ molecule, and we use this as an example to discuss in detail its convergence properties. Using this approach, a theoretical spectra in excellent agreement with the experimental one is obtained. Thanks to a thorough interpretation of the shake-up states responsible for the main satellite peaks and with the help of a comparison with the O K$^{-2}$ spectrum of CO, we can highlight the clear signature of the two non equivalent carbon oxygen bonds in the oxygen ssDCH CO$_2$ dication., Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables

MOSARIX is a collaborative project between three research group in Sorbonne University to build a x-ray spectrometer (2-5 keV) portable to large scale facilities with high efficiency and good resolution. X-ray spectroscopy and coincidences experiment are planned. A prototype with a single HADP crystal with von Hamos geometry has been tested (resolution and efficiency). A fast time and position detector has been realized (patent and publication).We plan to build the spectrometer with 8 HADP (or 4) crystals under Helium atmosphere using a TimePix3 or a CCD camera. MOSARIX is a project of an x-ray spectrometer in the tender x-ray domain (2-5 keV) with high efficiency, allowing performing x-ray emission and coincidences (or covariance mapping) experiments using synchrotron radiation, XFEL, the future installation SPIRAL2/GANIL or CRYRING/FAIR. It involves 2 groups at LCPMR (Francis PENENT and Marc SIMON) and one group at INSP (Dominique VERNHET). The coincidences/covariance measurements will be between x-ray photons and ions or electrons. It would be the first time for such coincidences with energy-resolved photons. The spectrometer will be portable and will be brought to the different large-scale facilities. MOSARIX is a multi-crystal HAPG von Hamos spectrometer optimized for the 2-5 keV photon energy range. Its resolving power E/DE will be 4000. It will be equipped with a fast time and position sensitive detection system, allowing performing coincidences, or with a CCD camera. I. Scientific case and some possible experiments The accelerated development of x-ray sources, as 3 rd generation synchrotrons (and recent upgrades) or free-electron lasers, has opened new opportunities to investigate new phenomena by means of photoelectron and Auger spectroscopy, electron-ion coincidence techniques and x-ray emission. However, several processes of high scientific interests are still hard to measure; some of them require the measurement of photons with high efficiency, high resolution and even sometimes in coincidence mode. This is the purpose of MOSARIX development. As an example, we propose to revisit Resonance-Enhanced X-ray Multiple Ionization (REXMI) 1 with a significant amelioration of the detection of photons, i.e. measuring the photons not only with high efficiency and high resolution but also in coincidence with ions or electrons. This will allow accessing the involved intermediate states and obtaining a clearer image of the dynamic of the multiple ionization process. MOSARIX can also be used for the investigation of very low cross-section phenomena such as attosecond electron dynamics 2 and High-Energy Resolution Off-Resonant Spectroscopy (HEROS) 3,4. X-ray spectroscopy has also proved to be a very powerful tool to investigate quantum dynamics in heavy ions collisions with matter of whatever nature, dilute or condensed 5-7. A

Due to its element- and site-specificity, inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy is a widely used technique to probe the chemical structure of matter. Here we show that time-resolved inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy can be employed to observe ultrafast chemical reactions and the electronic response to the nuclear motion with high sensitivity. The ultraviolet dissociation of iodomethane (CH$_3$I) is investigated by ionization above the iodine 4d edge, using time-resolved inner-shell photoelectron and photoion spectroscopy. The dynamics observed in the photoelectron spectra appear earlier and are faster than those seen in the iodine fragments. The experimental results are interpreted using crystal field and spin-orbit configuration interaction calculations, and demonstrate that time-resolved inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy is a powerful tool to directly track ultrafast structural and electronic transformations in gas-phase molecules.

The dynamics following laser-induced molecular photodissociation of gas-phase CH$_{2}$BrI at 271.6 nm were investigated by time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging using intense near-IR femtosecond laser pulses. The observed delay-dependent photofragment momenta reveal that CH$_{2}$BrI undergoes C-I cleavage, depositing 65.6% of the available energy into internal product states, and that absorption of a second UV photon breaks the C-Br bond of CH$_{2}$Br. Simulations confirm that this mechanism is consistent with previous data recorded at 248 nm, demonstrating the sensitivity of Coulomb explosion imaging as a real-time probe of chemical dynamics., Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in Physical Review A