Complete two-electron spectra in double photoionization: the rare gases Ar,Kr, and Xe

A new spectroscopic technique, giving complete two-dimensional e(-)-e(-) coincidence spectra in single photon double photoionization, is presented. The technique resolves the states of doubly charged ions and provides spectra of the individual electrons emitted in formation of each final dication state. Complete spectra for double photoionization of Xe, Kr, and Ar at photon energies up to 51 eV have been recorded. Overall and surprisingly, the np(4) 3P, 1D, and 1S states are populated according to their statistical weights. When the evident autoionization is excluded, the supposedly favored 3P states are in fact disfavored. Detailed information on the autoionization processes is also made available.     

Quadrupole deformation of the self-conjugate nucleus 72Kr

We report on the first determination of the absolute B(E2;0+(1)-->2+(1)) excitation strength in the N=Z nucleus 72Kr. 72Kr is the heaviest N=Z nucleus for which this quantity has been measured and provides a benchmark in a region of the nuclear chart dominated by rapidly changing deformations and shapes mediated by the interplay of strongly oblate and prolate-driving orbitals. The deduced quadrupole deformation strength is in agreement with a variety of self-consistent models that predict an oblate shape for the ground state of 72Kr. Large-scale shell-model Monte Carlo calculations reproduce the experimental B(E2) value and link the result to the occupation of the deformation-driving g9/2 orbit.     

Dynamics and post-collision interaction effects in two electron decay from the Xenon 4d hole

Two Auger electrons, one very slow, one fast, have been detected in coincidence following near threshold 4d photoionization of the Xe atom. The distribution in the energy the two electrons share has been measured for the first time revealing the presence of post-collision interaction effects that provide unique information on the decay dynamics of the 4d hole. Analysis of the distorted line shapes indicates that the dominant process is decay of Xe+(4d(-1)) to Xe3+ through cascade emission of a zero kinetic energy Auger electron followed by a fast Auger electron. The widths of the intermediate Xe2+* states are estimated to be about 60 meV.     

Relativistic R-matrix close-coupling calculations for photoionization of Ne-like Al IV

We present relativistic close-coupling photoionization calculations of Al IV using the Breit-Pauli R-matrix method to obtain photoionization cross-section of Al IV from the ground state and the lowest two J=0 (even) excited states. A multi-configuration eigenfunctions expansion of the core Al V is employed with spectroscopic configurations 2s²2p⁵, 2s2p⁶, 2s²2p⁴3s, 2s²2p⁴3p, 2s²2p⁴3d and 2s²2p⁴4s. We have included, for the first time, the lowest 68 level target states of Al V in the photoionization calculations of Al IV. Extensive configuration interaction wavefunctions are used to describe both the initial Al IV states and the final Al V states. Cross-sections are compared from three level calculations including only 2s² 2p^{5 2}P^o _3/2, _1/2 and 2s 2p^{6 2}S_1/2 levels of Al V. The present calculation using the lowest 68 target levels of Al V are presented for the first time and should provide reasonably complete database for practical application for photoionization cross-section for Al IV, where high-energy cross-sections along with near-threshold photoionization cross-section is required.     

Autoionization mediated by electron transfer

Electron-electron coincidence spectra of Ar-Kr clusters after photoionization have been measured. An electron with the kinetic energy range from 0 to approximately 1 eV is found in coincidence with the Ar 3s cluster photoelectron. The low kinetic energy electron can be attributed to an Ar + Kr+ + Kr+ final state which forms after electron transfer mediated decay. This autoionization mechanism results from a concerted transition involving three different atoms in a van der Waals cluster; it was predicted theoretically, but hitherto not observed.     

Interference effects in alignment and orientation processes of atoms excited by polarized radiation

The dynamics of the processes of alignment and orientation of atoms subjected to the action of polarized radiation has been studied theoretically in the energy range of excitation of autoionization resonances. The alignment parameters A ₂₀ for the 4p ⁴5p states of Kr II populated through the excitation and autoionization decay of Kr I 3d ⁹ np resonances depend on energy due to the interference between different resonance channels and the channel of direct photoionization. It is predicted that the orientation parameter O ₁₀ of some Kr II 4p ⁴5p states and the parameter of the angular distribution of photoelectrons β_e1 strongly depend on energy. The absolute photoionization cross sections are calculated for the population of the Kr II 4p ⁴5p states in the case where the energy of excitation photons corresponds to the first four 3d ⁹ np resonances. A good agreement between the calculated and measured photoionization cross sections proves that it is important to take into account the interference between different resonance channels in order to appreciate the dynamics of the Auger decay of Kr I 3d ⁹ np resonances.     

铜原子单激发态3d104p 2P1/2的光电离(英文)

铜原子能级结构的理论计算具有非常大的挑战性。本文基于多组态Dirac-Hartree-Fock（MCDHF）方法和相对论组态相互作用（RCI）方法,通过三个大规模的关联模型计算了单激发态3d104p 2P_1/2、双激发态3d94s（3D）5s4D_3/2,1/2,3d94s（3D）5s 2D_3/2,3d94s（1D）5s 2D_3/2以及离子态3d10 1S₀能级和波函数。结果表明,铜原子能级结构对有限组态空间的选择极其敏感,双激发态3d94s（3D）5s 4D_3/2,1/2,3d94s（3D）5s 2D_3/2,3d94s（1D）5s 2D_3/2和离子态3d10 1S₀与单激发态之间的能量差相对于已有实验结果均存在大约-0.4 eV的偏差,而计算得到的共振电子能量与实验结果符合得较好。此外,根据辐射跃迁矩阵元和非辐射跃迁矩阵元计算了双激发态的Fano参数q,并基于Fano理论得到了铜单激发态3d104p 2P_1/2的总光电离截面,该理论考虑了直接光电离与光激发自电离之间的干涉效应,即共振3d94s（3D）5s 4D_3/2,1/2、3d94s（3D）5s 2D_3/2和3d94s（1D）5s 2D_3/2具有明显的非对称的Fano轮廓,表明光电离过程与光激发自电离过程之间的干涉对双激发态共振附近的光电离截面轮廓有着极其重要的影响。     

Intermolecular coulomb decay at weakly coupled heterogeneous interfaces

Surface ejection of H(+)(H(2)O)(n=1-8) from low energy electron irradiated water clusters adsorbed on graphite and graphite with overlayers of Ar, Kr or Xe results from intermolecular Coulomb decay (ICD) at the mixed interface. Inner valence holes in water (2a(1)(-1)), Ar (3s(-1)), Kr (4s(-1)), and Xe (5s(-1)) correlate with the cluster appearance thresholds and initiate ICD. Proton transfer occurs during or immediately after ICD and the resultant Coulomb explosion leads to H(+)(H(2)O)(n=1-8) desorption with kinetic energies that vary with initiating state, final state, and interatomic or molecular distances.     

Branching ratios of autoionization from Eu 4f~76p_(1/2)6d [J] autoionizing states

The autoionization branching ratios from Eu 4f76p1/26 d [J] autoionizing states to its 4f76s+(9So), 4f76s+(7So), and4f75d+(9Do) final ionic states are investigated with the combination of the three-step laser excitation and the velocity-map imaging technique. These different autoionizing states are excited via 4f76s6d8 DJ [J = 5/2, 7/2, and 9/2] intermediate states, respectively. The experimental photoelectron images are obtained, from which energy distributions of ejected electrons are achieved with the mathematical transformation. Furthermore, the energy dependence of the branching ratio is investigated within the autoionization resonance, by which population inversion is observed as an important characteristic.The J-dependence is also studied systematically. The validity of the well-known isolated core excitation technique used for obtaining the autoionization spectrum is also studied.     

Measurements of photoionization cross sections from the 4p, 5d and 7s excited states of potassium

New measurements of the photoionization cross sections from the 4p ²P_1/2,3/2, 5d ²D_5/2,3/2 and 7s ²S_1/2 excited states of potassium are presented. The cross sections have been measured by two-step excitation and ionization using a Nd:YAG laser in conjunction with a thermionic diode ion detector. By applying the saturation technique, the absolute values of the cross sections from the 4p ²P_3/2 and 4p ²P_1/2 states at 355 nm are determined as 7.2±1.1 and 5.6±0.8 Mb, respectively. The photoionization cross section from the 5d ²D_5/2,3/2 excited state has been measured using two excitation paths, two-step excitation and two-photon excitation from the ground state. The measured values of the cross sections from the 5d ²D_5/2 state by two-photon excitation from the ground state is 28.9±4.3 Mb, whereas in the two-step excitation, the cross section from the 5d ²D_3/2 state via the 4p ²P_1/2 state and from the 5d ²D_5/2,3/2 states via the 4p ²P_3/2 state are determined as 25.1±3.8 and 30.2±4.5 Mb, respectively. Besides, we have measured the photoionization cross sections from the 7s ²S_1/2 excited state using the two-photon excitation from the ground state as 0.61±0.09 Mb.     

Theoretical study of photoionization of the isoelectronic sequence Rb<Superscript>+</Superscript>, Sr<Superscript>2+</Superscript>, and Y<Superscript>3+</Superscript>

The photoionization cross sections for the 4p shell of ions of the Kr isoelectronic sequence Rb⁺, Sr²⁺, and Y³⁺ are calculated. The configuration interaction theory and the perturbation theory are used to describe the many-electron effects. The relativistic effects are taken into account in the Pauli-Fock approximation. The calculated resonance structure of photoionization cross sections for the 4p shell in the region below the 4s threshold associated with the autoionization of the 4s-np singly excited states and the 4p4p-nln′l′ doubly excited states reproduces the results of recent measurements of total photoabsorption cross sections for the Rb⁺, Sr²⁺, and Y³⁺ ions. It is found that, as the nuclear charge in the isoelectronic sequence increases, the ratio between the direct and correlation parts of amplitudes of the 4s-(n/?)p transition changes and, as the consequence, the minimum of the photoionization cross section of the 4s shell shifts from the continuous spectrum to the region of states of discrete spectrum. This accounts for the strong changes in the shape of the 4s-np resonances in the photoionization cross sections for the 4p shell of Rb⁺, Sr²⁺, and Y³⁺, as well as the distinction between the shapes of the 4s-6p _1/2 mirror resonance in the partial 4p _1/2 and 4p _3/2 photoionization cross sections for the Y³⁺ ion which do not suppress each other in the total photoionization cross section, as is the case for similar resonances in Rb⁺ and Sr²⁺.     

考虑自旋-轨道耦合效应下SeH^-阴离子的光谱和跃迁性质

采用高精度的从头算方法研究了SeH阴离子的基态(X1∑+)和低激发(a3Π,A1Π,b3∑+,21∑+)的势能曲线、偶极矩和跃迁偶极矩.在计算中考虑了价-芯(CV)电子关联、Davidson修正、标量相对论修正和自旋-轨道耦合效应(SOC).考虑了SOC效应后,b3∑0-+和b3∑1+态变为了弱束缚态.计算得到a3Π1X1∑0++,a3Π0+■X1∑0++和A1Π1■X1∑0++跃迁具有很大的跃迁偶极矩.这三种跃迁都同时具有高对角分布的弗兰克-康登因子f00及振动分支比R00.计算得到了a3Π1,a3Π0和A1Π1激发态的自发辐射寿命都很短,能够实现对SeH-阴离子的快速激光冷却.A1Π1■X1∑0-+跃迁为三能级跃迁,中间态的存在对构建准闭合的循环能级的影响可以忽略.驱动a3Π1■X1∑0++,a3Π0+■X1∑0++和A1Π1■X1∑0++跃迁进行激光冷却SeH-阴离子的激光波长都在可见光范围内.本文的结果为以后激光冷却SeH-阴离子的实验提供了部分理论参考.     

Photoionization cross-section measurements from the 2p, 3d and 3s excited states of lithium

The photoionization cross-sections from the 2p²P_{1/2, 3/2}, 3d²D_{3/2, 5/2} and 3s²S_1/2 excited states of lithium have been measured at different ionizing laser wavelengths, above the first ionization threshold. The experiments are performed by using a thermionic diode working in the space charge limited mode and the cross-sections are measured by employing the saturation technique. By changing the ionization photon energy, a smooth frequency dependence of the cross-sections has been observed for the 2p and 3d states. The cross-section from the 3s excited state has been measured at a single photon energy. The measured values of the photoionization cross are compared with the available data.     

Separating the vibrationally resolved Auger decay channels for a CO core hole state

The K-VV Auger spectrum of carbon monoxide (CO) excited by C 1s photoionization has been investigated with a novel electron-electron coincidence setup. The energy resolution is sufficiently high to resolve the vibrational energy levels of the core-ionized intermediate state and of most dicationic final states in the two-dimensional electron energy map. We demonstrate how the influence of vibrational states on a molecular Auger spectrum can be accessed experimentally without the constraint of averaging over all intermediate state energies.     

Finite-field calculation of electric quadrupole moments of ~2P_(3/2),~2D_(3/2,5/2),and ~2F_(5/2,7/2) states for Yb~+ ion

Electric quadrupole moments of low-lying excited states of Yb~+ are calculated by relativistic coupled-cluster theory with perturbations from external fields.The field-dependent energy differentiation provides accurate values of the electric quadrupole moments o f~2P_(3/2),~2D_(3/2,5/2),and~2F_(5/2,7/2) states which agree well with experimental values.The important role of the electronic correlation to the electric quadrupole moments is investigated.Our calculations indicate the early dispute of the electric quadrupole moment of the Yb~+(~2F_(7/2))state for which the measured and theoretical values have a large discrepancy.These electric quadrupole moment values can help us to determine the electric quadrupole shifts in start-of-the-art experiments of the Yb~+ ion.     

Magnetic dichroism in K-shell photoemission from laser excited Li atoms

Magnetic dichroism in the angular distribution has been demonstrated for single-electron photoemission from inner ns(2) subshells of gaseous atomic targets using the example of K-shell photoionization of polarized Li atoms laser prepared in the 1s(2)2p (2)P(3/2) excited state. The effect is pronounced for the conjugate shakeup and conjugate shakedown photoelectron lines, and less important, though observable, for the main and direct shakeup lines. The phenomenon is caused by configuration interaction in the final continuum state and is quantitatively described by the close-coupling R-matrix calculations.     

镜像核13N-13C 和15N-15O中的激发态晕或皮(英文)

用非线性相对论平均场对两对镜像核13N-13C 和15N-15O进行了研究. 发现无论在基态还是激发态， 用两套参数所得的结合能都跟实验值很接近. 计算结果显示13N的第一激发态（2s1/2）和第三激发态（1d5/2）各存在一个非束缚的质子晕， 而13C的第三激发态（1d5/2）存在一个弱束缚的中子皮. 另外研究表明, 在另一对镜像核15N-15O的第二激发态（2s1/2）和第一激发态（2s1/2）分别存在一个中子晕和质子皮. Properties of two pairs of mirror nuclei 13N-13C and15N-15O are investigated by using the nonlinear relativistic mean field theory. It is found that all the calculated binding energies with two different parameter sets are very close to the experimental ones for both the ground states and the excited states. The calculations show that the first excited state (2s1/2) and the third excited state (1d5/2) in 13N are both unbound resonances with proton halo structure, whereas the third excited state (1d5/2) in 13C is weakly bound with a neutron skin. It is also predicted that there has a proton halo in the second excited state (2s1/2) of 15N as well as a neutron skin in the first excited state (2s1/2) of 15O.     

Al~(10+)的电子碰撞电离及有关过程

用扭曲波方法计算Al~(10+)基态在Is~22s的Is,2s电子和第一激发态Is~22p的2p电子的电离截面以及基态的总电离截面(包括内壳层激发自电离).入射电子能量(?)(即(?)以2s电离能I_(2s)为单位)为1.05,1.125,l.25,1.5,2.25,4……同时计算出了电离阈值以下的激发截面(乘以所谓态密度),实现了在电离阈值处与阈值以上电离能量微分截面光滑联接;计算了光电离截面积分值,实现了在入射电子能量趋于无穷时与电子碰撞电离截面衔接.计算结果与其他方法进行了比较. 关键词：     

Spectroscopy of 36Mg: interplay of normal and intruder configurations at the neutron-rich boundary of the "island of inversion"

We report on the first spectroscopy study of the very neutron-rich nucleus (36)(12)Mg24 using the direct two-proton knockout reaction 9Be(38Si,36Mg+gamma)X at 83 MeV/nucleon. The energy of the first excited 2+ state of 36Mg, E(2+(1)=660(6) keV, was measured. The magnitude of the partial cross sections to the ground state and the 2+(1) state is indicative of strong intruder admixtures in the lowest-lying states as suggested by Monte Carlo shell-model calculations.     

Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of NiCl: Identification of a Low-Lying (2)Sigma(+) State (1768 cm(-1))

From a comparison with the spectrum of NiF, a low-lying (2)Sigma(+) state is expected to lie in the first 2000 cm(-1) above the ground X(2)Pi(3/2) state of NiCl. The identification of this (2)Sigma(+) (v = 0) state (at 1768 cm(-1)) has been carried out through the analysis of two electronic transitions (2)Pi(3/2)-(2)Sigma(+) (22 720 cm(-1)) and (2)Pi(1/2)-(2)Sigma(+) (23 210 cm(-1)) recorded by high-resolution Fourier transform spectroscopy. Dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy allowed these transitions to be located on an absolute energy-level diagram that includes the previously studied electronic states. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.