E1-E2 Interference in the VUV Photoionization of He

Authors

E. P. Kanter, Argonne National LaboratoryFollow
B. Krassig, Argonne National Laboratory
S. H. Southworth, Argonne National Laboratory
Renaud Guillemin, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et RayonnementFollow
Oliver Hemmers, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Dennis W. Lindle, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
R. Wehlitz, Synchrotron Radiation Center, University of WisconsinFollow
M. Ya Amusia, The Hebrew University, JerusalemFollow
L. V. Chernysheva, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
N. L. S. Martin, University of Kentucky, LexingtonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2003

Publication Title

Physical review A

Publisher

American Physical Society

Volume

68

Issue

1

First page number:

012714-1

Last page number:

012714-10

Abstract

We have measured the forward-backward asymmetry of photoelectron angular distributions produced in the vacuum ultraviolet photoionization of helium. This asymmetry, a consequence of the breakdown of the dipole approximation, measures the real part of the ratio of the quadrupole and dipole matrix elements. In the autoionization region, the strong energy dependence of the asymmetry permits an experimental separation of the ratio of those magnitudes from their phase difference. We experimentally determined the Fano parameters of the 2p²¹D₂ quadrupole resonance, and report improved values of the width Γ and line profile parameter q from those previously available from electron scattering. Off resonance, the smooth energy dependence of the asymmetry is found to agree well with the theoretical treatment presented here which incorporates higher multipole effects.

Controlled Subject

Angular distribution (Nuclear physics); Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Conduction electrons; Dipole moments; Nuclear physics; Photoionization

Disciplines

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | Inorganic Chemistry | Materials Chemistry | Nuclear | Physical Chemistry

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Language

English

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Repository Citation

Kanter, E. P., Krassig, B., Southworth, S. H., Guillemin, R., Hemmers, O., Lindle, D. W., Wehlitz, R., Amusia, M. Y., Chernysheva, L. V., Martin, N. L. (2003). E1-E2 Interference in the VUV Photoionization of He. Physical review A, 68(1), 012714-1-012714-10.
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