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Title: Photoelectron angular distributions from rotationally resolved autoionizing states of N2

Abstract

The single-photon, photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectrum of N2 has been recorded at high (~1.5 cm-1) resolution in the region between the N2+ X 2Σg+, v+ = 0 and 1 ionization thresholds by using a double imaging spectrometer and intense vacuum-ultraviolet light from the Synchrotron SOLEIL. This approach provides the relative photoionization cross section, the photoelectron energy distribution, and the photoelectron angular distribution as a function of photon energy. The region of interest contains autoionizing valence states, vibrationally autoionizing Rydberg states converging to vibrationally excited levels of the N2+ X 2Σg+ ground state, and electronically autoionizing states converging to the N2+ A 2Π and B 2Σu+ states. The wavelength resolution is sufficient to resolve rotational structure in the autoionizing states, but the electron energy resolution is insufficient to resolve rotational structure in the photoion spectrum. Here, a simplified approach based on multichannel quantum defect theory is used to predict the photoelectron angular distribution parameters, β, and the results are in reasonably good agreement with experiment.

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 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5];  [6]; ORCiD logo [7];  [7];  [8]
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  1. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (United States)
  2. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (United States); Bowdoin College , Brunswick, ME (United States)
  3. ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
  4. Daresbury Lab., Cheshire (United Kingdom)
  5. Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Orsay (France)
  6. Synchrotron Soleil, Gif-sur-Yvette (France); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui (China)
  7. Synchrotron Soleil, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  8. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1422406
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1411991
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 147; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; Photoionization; Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Photoelectron Angular Distributions

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Chartrand, A. M., McCormack, E. F., Jacovella, U., Holland, D. M. P., Gans, Berenger, Tang, Xiaofeng, Garcia, G. A., Nahon, L., and Pratt, S. T. Photoelectron angular distributions from rotationally resolved autoionizing states of N2. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5004538.
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Chartrand, A. M., McCormack, E. F., Jacovella, U., Holland, D. M. P., Gans, Berenger, Tang, Xiaofeng, Garcia, G. A., Nahon, L., & Pratt, S. T. Photoelectron angular distributions from rotationally resolved autoionizing states of N2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5004538
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Chartrand, A. M., McCormack, E. F., Jacovella, U., Holland, D. M. P., Gans, Berenger, Tang, Xiaofeng, Garcia, G. A., Nahon, L., and Pratt, S. T. Fri . "Photoelectron angular distributions from rotationally resolved autoionizing states of N2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5004538. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1422406.
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@article{osti_1422406,
title = {Photoelectron angular distributions from rotationally resolved autoionizing states of N2},
author = {Chartrand, A. M. and McCormack, E. F. and Jacovella, U. and Holland, D. M. P. and Gans, Berenger and Tang, Xiaofeng and Garcia, G. A. and Nahon, L. and Pratt, S. T.},
abstractNote = {The single-photon, photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectrum of N2 has been recorded at high (~1.5 cm-1) resolution in the region between the N2+ X 2Σg+, v+ = 0 and 1 ionization thresholds by using a double imaging spectrometer and intense vacuum-ultraviolet light from the Synchrotron SOLEIL. This approach provides the relative photoionization cross section, the photoelectron energy distribution, and the photoelectron angular distribution as a function of photon energy. The region of interest contains autoionizing valence states, vibrationally autoionizing Rydberg states converging to vibrationally excited levels of the N2+ X 2Σg+ ground state, and electronically autoionizing states converging to the N2+ A 2Π and B 2Σu+ states. The wavelength resolution is sufficient to resolve rotational structure in the autoionizing states, but the electron energy resolution is insufficient to resolve rotational structure in the photoion spectrum. Here, a simplified approach based on multichannel quantum defect theory is used to predict the photoelectron angular distribution parameters, β, and the results are in reasonably good agreement with experiment.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5004538},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 22,
volume = 147,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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