Properties of Hollow Molecules Probed by Single-Photon Double Ionization

Journal Article · Fri Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.106.063003· OSTI ID:21532298

Lablanquie, P; Penent, F; Palaudoux, J; Selles, P; Carniato, S ^[1]; Andric, L ^[1]; Bucar, K; Zitnik, M ^[2]; Huttula, M ^[3]; Eland, J H. D. ^[4]; Shigemasa, E ^[5]; Soejima, K; Hikosaka, Y ^[6]; Suzuki, I H; Nakano, M; Ito, K ^[7]

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1. UPMC, Universite Paris 06, LCPMR, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France)
2. Jozef Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, SI-1001 Ljubljana (Slovenia)
3. Department of Physics, P.O. Box 3000, 90014 University of Oulu (Finland)
4. Department of Chemistry, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ (United Kingdom)
5. UVSOR Facility, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585 (Japan)
6. Department of Environmental Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181 (Japan)
7. Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801 (Japan)

The formation of hollow molecules (with a completely empty K shell in one constituent atom) through single-photon core double ionization has been demonstrated using a sensitive magnetic bottle experimental technique combined with synchrotron radiation. Detailed properties are presented such as the spectroscopy, formation, and decay dynamics of the N{sub 2}{sup 2+} K{sup -2} main and satellite states and the strong chemical shifts of double K holes on an oxygen atom in CO, CO{sub 2}, and O{sub 2} molecules.

• OSTI ID: 21532298
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.063003; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CHEMICAL SHIFT
DECAY
HOLES
IONIZATION
K SHELL
KAONS MINUS
MOLECULES
OXYGEN
PHOTONS
POTASSIUM IONS
SPECTROSCOPY
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
BOSONS
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
HADRONS
IONS
KAONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MESONS
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
RADIATIONS
STRANGE MESONS
STRANGE PARTICLES