Resonant excitation x-ray fluorescence fromC60

Abstract
X-ray fluorescence of condensed C60 has been recorded in high resolution using monochromatic synchrotron radiation excitation. Strong intensity modulation of constituent spectral features is observed with varying excitation energy up to 10 eV above threshold. The energy dependence is interpreted as due to resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, leading to symmetry selection rules governing the two-photon process in the fully symmetric molecule.