Partial cross sections and interfering resonances in photoionization of molecular nitrogen

We present an in-depth theoretical study of N2 photoionization in the region between the second (2Πu) and third (2Σu+) ionization thresholds. In this region, the electronic continuum includes the Hopfield series of autoionizing states, corresponding to excitations to nsσd, ndσd, and ndπg molecular o...

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Autores: Klinker, Markus, Marante, Carlos, Argenti, Luca, González Vázquez, Jesús, Martín García, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/686084
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/686084
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.98.033413
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photoionization
Molecular orbitals
Sections
Resonances
Molecules
Física
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Sumario:We present an in-depth theoretical study of N2 photoionization in the region between the second (2Πu) and third (2Σu+) ionization thresholds. In this region, the electronic continuum includes the Hopfield series of autoionizing states, corresponding to excitations to nsσd, ndσd, and ndπg molecular orbitals. Calculations have been performed by using the xchem code, which makes use of a Gaussian and B-spline hybrid basis in the framework of a close-coupling approach. We provide total and partial photoionization cross sections for all open channels, energy positions, and widths for the five lowest resonances of each series and, when resonances are well isolated from each other, Fano and Starace parameters. We also discuss how the coupling between the two series of overlapping resonances, nsσd and ndσd, affects their energies and autoionization widths. These results show the potential of the xchem method to describe resonant photoionization in molecules