S ep 2 00 1 Orbital Excitations in CMR Progenitor of LaMnO 3 studied by Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

T. Inami, S. Ishihara, H. Kondo, J. Mizuki, T. Fukuda, S. Maekawa, H. Nakao, T. Matsumura, K. Hirota, Y. Murakami, and Y. Endoh 1 Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (SPring-8), Mikazuki, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan 4 Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan (Dated: received )