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.