Photoionization of Xe inside C{sub 60}: Atom-fullerene hybridization, giant cross-section enhancement, and correlation confinement resonances

Journal Article · Fri Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.013202· OSTI ID:21388742

Madjet, Mohamed E; Renger, Thomas; Hopper, Dale E; McCune, Matthew A; Chakraborty, Himadri S; Rost, Jan-M; Manson, Steven T ^[1]

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1. Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University, Fabeckstrasse 36a, D-14195 Berlin (Germany)

A theoretical study of the subshell photoionization of the Xe atom endohedrally confined in C{sub 60} is presented. Powerful hybridization of the Xe 5s state with the bottom edge of C{sub 60} pi band is found that induces strong structures in the 5s ionization, causing the cross section to differ significantly from earlier results that omit this hybridization. The hybridization also affects the angular distribution asymmetry parameter of Xe 5p ionization near the Cooper minimum. The 5p cross section, on the other hand, is greatly enhanced by borrowing considerable oscillator strength from the C{sub 60} giant plasmon resonance via the atom-fullerene dynamical interchannel coupling. Beyond the C{sub 60} plasmon energy range the atomic subshell cross sections display confinement-induced oscillations in which, over the large 4d shape resonance region, the dominant 4d oscillations induce their 'clones' in all degenerate weaker channels known as correlation confinement resonances.

• OSTI ID: 21388742
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 81; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ASYMMETRY
ATOMS
CARBON
CONFINEMENT
CORRELATIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
FULLERENES
HYBRIDIZATION
IONIZATION
NONMETALS
OSCILLATIONS
OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS
PHOTOIONIZATION
RESONANCE