Resonant inelastic scattering of an X-ray photon by a linear molecule

The double differential cross section of resonant inelastic scattering of a linearly polarized X-ray photon by a spatially oriented HF molecule in a gas phase is theoretically described in the energy range of the ionization threshold of the deep molecular orbital 1σ. The effects of radial relaxation of the wave functions of the core and excited scattering states in fields of the formed core vacancies, the vibronic effects, and the effects of Auger and radiative decays of the vacancies are taken into account in the nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock approximation. The results of the calculations are predictive and agree well with the results of the experimental measurements of the Kα emission spectrum of the HF molecule at an incident photon energy of 2 keV, which considerably exceeds the energy of the 1σ ionization threshold.