Temperature dependence of the pre-edge structure in the Ti K-edge x-ray absorption spectrum of rutile.

The temperature dependence of the pre-edge features in x-ray absorption spectroscopy is reviewed. Then, the temperature dependence of the pre-edge structure at the K-edge of titanium in rutile TiO(2) is measured at low and room temperature. The first two peaks grow with temperature. The fact that these two peaks also correspond to electric quadrupole transitions is explained by a recently proposed theory.