Molecular frame photoelectron angular distributions for core ionization of ethane, carbon tetrafluoride and 1,1-difluoroethylene
- Goethe Univ., Frankfurt (Germany); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- California State Univ. Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA (United States)
- Goethe Univ., Frankfurt (Germany)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
- Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Molecular frame photoelectron angular distributions (MFPADs) are measured in this paper in electron–ion momentum imaging experiments and compared with complex Kohn variational calculations for carbon K-shell ionization of carbon tetrafluoride (CF4), ethane (C2H6) and 1,1-difluoroethylene (C2H2F2). While in ethane the polarization averaged MFPADs show a tendency at low energies for the photoelectron to be emitted in the directions of the bonds, the opposite effect is seen in CF4. A combination of these behaviors is seen in difluoroethylene where ionization from the two carbons can be distinguished experimentally because of their different K-shell ionization potentials. Excellent agreement is found between experiment and simple static-exchange or coupled two-channel theoretical calculations. Finally, however, simple electrostatics do not provide an adequate explanation of the suggestively simple angular distributions at low electron ejection energies.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Germany); German Research Foundation (DFG); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; FG02-10ER16146; FG02-86ER13491
- OSTI ID:
- 1379094
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1238298
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 49, Issue 5; ISSN 0953-4075
- Publisher:
- IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Probing gaseous molecular structure by molecular-frame photoelectron angular distributions
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