The promise of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering for modern Kondo physics

Developments in synchrotron accelerator and end station capabilities have brought new techniques to bear on complex matter. The recently enabled technique of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) has emerged as a serious contender of inelastic neutron scattering as a probe of magnetic structure in correlated electronic materials, but can also reveal perspectives on electronic structural not attainable by optical conductivity or angle-resolved photoemission. Here we introduce the basics of this powerful technique and discuss the prospects to turn this probe onto the charge excitations in Kondo lattice systems. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.