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Title: Near L-edge Single and Multiple Photoionization of Triply Charged Iron Ions

Abstract

Relative cross sections for m-fold photoionization (m = 1,., 5) of Fe3+ by single-photon absorption were measured employing the photon-ion merged-beams setup PIPE at the PETRA III synchrotron light source operated at DESY in Hamburg, Germany. The photon energies used spanned the range of 680-950 eV, covering both the photoexcitation resonances from the 2p and 2s shells, as well as the direct ionization from both shells. Multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock (MCDHF) calculations were performed to simulate the total photoexcitation spectra. Good agreement was found with the experimental results. These computations helped to assign several strong resonance features to specific transitions. We also carried out Hartree-Fock calculations with relativistic extensions taking into account both photoexcitation and photoionization. Furthermore, we performed extensive MCDHF calculations of the Auger cascades that result when an electron is removed from the 2p and 2s shells of Fe3+. Our theoretically predicted charge-state fractions are in good agreement with the experimental results, representing a substantial improvement over previous theoretical calculations. Finally, the main reason for the disagreement with the previous calculations is their lack of inclusion of slow Auger decays of several configurations that can only proceed when accompanied by de-excitation of two electrons. In such cases, this additional shake-downmore » transition of a (sub)valence electron is required to gain the necessary energy for the release of the Auger electron.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [6]; ORCiD logo [7];  [3]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Helmholtz-Inst., Jena (Germany); Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena (Germany)
  2. Justus-Liebig-Univ., Giessen (Germany)
  3. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
  5. Univ. Hamburg (Germany)
  6. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen (Hungary)
  7. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
OSTI Identifier:
1604719
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 05K16GUC; 05K16RG1; 05K16SJA
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 887; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; atomic data benchmarking; atomic physics; de-excitation rates; photoionization; spectral line identification

Citation Formats

Beerwerth, Randolf, Buhr, Ticia, Perry-Sassmannshausen, Alexander, Stock, Sebastian O., Bari, Sadia, Holste, Kristof, Kilcoyne, A. L. David, Reinwardt, Simon, Ricz, Sandor, Savin, Daniel Wolf, Schubert, Kaja, Martins, Michael, Müller, Alfred, Fritzsche, Stephan, and Schippers, Stefan. Near L-edge Single and Multiple Photoionization of Triply Charged Iron Ions. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab5118.
Beerwerth, Randolf, Buhr, Ticia, Perry-Sassmannshausen, Alexander, Stock, Sebastian O., Bari, Sadia, Holste, Kristof, Kilcoyne, A. L. David, Reinwardt, Simon, Ricz, Sandor, Savin, Daniel Wolf, Schubert, Kaja, Martins, Michael, Müller, Alfred, Fritzsche, Stephan, & Schippers, Stefan. Near L-edge Single and Multiple Photoionization of Triply Charged Iron Ions. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab5118
Beerwerth, Randolf, Buhr, Ticia, Perry-Sassmannshausen, Alexander, Stock, Sebastian O., Bari, Sadia, Holste, Kristof, Kilcoyne, A. L. David, Reinwardt, Simon, Ricz, Sandor, Savin, Daniel Wolf, Schubert, Kaja, Martins, Michael, Müller, Alfred, Fritzsche, Stephan, and Schippers, Stefan. Wed . "Near L-edge Single and Multiple Photoionization of Triply Charged Iron Ions". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab5118. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1604719.
@article{osti_1604719,
title = {Near L-edge Single and Multiple Photoionization of Triply Charged Iron Ions},
author = {Beerwerth, Randolf and Buhr, Ticia and Perry-Sassmannshausen, Alexander and Stock, Sebastian O. and Bari, Sadia and Holste, Kristof and Kilcoyne, A. L. David and Reinwardt, Simon and Ricz, Sandor and Savin, Daniel Wolf and Schubert, Kaja and Martins, Michael and Müller, Alfred and Fritzsche, Stephan and Schippers, Stefan},
abstractNote = {Relative cross sections for m-fold photoionization (m = 1,., 5) of Fe3+ by single-photon absorption were measured employing the photon-ion merged-beams setup PIPE at the PETRA III synchrotron light source operated at DESY in Hamburg, Germany. The photon energies used spanned the range of 680-950 eV, covering both the photoexcitation resonances from the 2p and 2s shells, as well as the direct ionization from both shells. Multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock (MCDHF) calculations were performed to simulate the total photoexcitation spectra. Good agreement was found with the experimental results. These computations helped to assign several strong resonance features to specific transitions. We also carried out Hartree-Fock calculations with relativistic extensions taking into account both photoexcitation and photoionization. Furthermore, we performed extensive MCDHF calculations of the Auger cascades that result when an electron is removed from the 2p and 2s shells of Fe3+. Our theoretically predicted charge-state fractions are in good agreement with the experimental results, representing a substantial improvement over previous theoretical calculations. Finally, the main reason for the disagreement with the previous calculations is their lack of inclusion of slow Auger decays of several configurations that can only proceed when accompanied by de-excitation of two electrons. In such cases, this additional shake-down transition of a (sub)valence electron is required to gain the necessary energy for the release of the Auger electron.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ab5118},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 887,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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