Gas-to-cluster effects in S 2p-excited SF{sub 6}
- Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut fuer Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin (Germany)
- Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 198504 (Russian Federation)
High resolution X-ray spectroscopic studies on free SF{sub 6} molecules and SF{sub 6} clusters near the S 2p ionization thresholds are reported. Spectral changes occurring in clusters for the intense molecular-like S 2p{sub 1/2,3/2}{yields} 6a{sub 1g}-, 2t{sub 2g}-, and 4e{sub g}-resonances are examined in detail. Neither gas-to-cluster spectral shifts nor changes in peak shape are observed for the pre-edge 6a{sub 1g}-band. Significant changes in band shape and distinct gas-to-cluster shifts occur in the S 2p{sub 1/2,3/2}{yields} 2t{sub 2g}- and 4e{sub g}-transitions. These are found in the S 2p-ionization continua. The quasiatomic approach is used to assign the experimental results. It is shown that a convolution of asymmetric and symmetric contributions from Lorentzian and Gaussian line shapes allows us to model the spectral distribution of oscillator strength for the S 2p{sub 1/2,3/2}{yields} 2t{sub 2g}-, and 4e{sub g}-transitions. The asymmetry is due to trapping of the photoelectron within the finite size potential barrier. The Lorentzian contribution is found to be dominating in the line shape of the S 2p{yields} 2t{sub 2g}- and 4e{sub g}-bands. The spectroscopic parameters of the spin-orbit components of both the 2t{sub 2g}- and 4e{sub g}-bands are extracted and their gas-to-cluster changes are analyzed. The photoelectron trapping times in free and clustered SF{sub 6} molecules are determined. Specifically, it is shown that spectral changes in clusters reflected in core-to-valence-transitions are due to a superposition of the singly scattered photoelectron waves at the neighboring molecules with the primary and multiply scattered waves within the molecular cage.
- OSTI ID:
- 22105474
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 138, Issue 14; Other Information: (c) 2013 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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