Photoionization of water molecules by high energy photons

We theoretically study the photoionization of water molecules by high energy photon impact. We develop a model in which the final state wave function is given by a Coulomb continuum wave function with effective charges and the water molecule bound states are represented using the Moccia’s monocentri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Martini, Lara, Boll, Diego Iván René, Fojon, Omar Ariel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/64161
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/64161
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:WATER
PHOTOIONIZATION
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:We theoretically study the photoionization of water molecules by high energy photon impact. We develop a model in which the final state wave function is given by a Coulomb continuum wave function with effective charges and the water molecule bound states are represented using the Moccia’s monocentric wave functions. We obtain analytical expressions for the transition matrix element that enable the computation of cross sections by numerical quadratures. We compare our predictions for photon energies between 20 and 300 eV with more elaborated theoretical results and experiments. We obtain a very good agreement with experiments, in particular, at enough high energies where there is a lack of elaborated results due to their high computational cost.