Angular distribution of photoelectrons at 584 Å using polarized radiation

Photoelectron angular distributions for Ar, Xe, N₂, O₂, CO, CO₂, and NH₃ have been obtained at 584 Å by observing the photoelectrons at a fixed angle and simply rotating the plane of polarization of a highly polarized photon source. The radiation from a helium DC glow discharge source was polarized (84%) using a reflection type polarizer.