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The multielectron character of the S 2p → 4eg shape resonance in the SF6 molecule studied via detection of soft X-ray emission and neutral high-Rydberg fragments

Kivimäki, A. LU ; Coreno, M. ; Miotti, P. ; Frassetto, F. ; Poletto, L. ; Stråhlman, C. LU ; De Simone, M. and Richter, R. (2016) In Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 209. p.26-33
Abstract

We have studied the nature of the S 2p → 4eg shape resonance in the SF6 molecule by performing two different experiments. Soft X-ray emission spectra measured at the 4eg shape resonance reveal features that do not originate from the S 2p-1 states. One of the features can be assigned to the 6a1g → S 2p transition. The 6a1g orbital, which is empty in the molecular ground state, can be populated either in core-valence double excitations or in S 2p shake-up transitions. Both these channels are considered. We have also studied the fragmentation of SF6 molecule after the decay of the S 2p core-hole states by observing neutral fragments in high-Rydberg states, where... (More)

We have studied the nature of the S 2p → 4eg shape resonance in the SF6 molecule by performing two different experiments. Soft X-ray emission spectra measured at the 4eg shape resonance reveal features that do not originate from the S 2p-1 states. One of the features can be assigned to the 6a1g → S 2p transition. The 6a1g orbital, which is empty in the molecular ground state, can be populated either in core-valence double excitations or in S 2p shake-up transitions. Both these channels are considered. We have also studied the fragmentation of SF6 molecule after the decay of the S 2p core-hole states by observing neutral fragments in high-Rydberg states, where an electron occupies an orbital with n ≥ 20 (n is the principal quantum number). Such neutral fragments become, in relative terms, more abundant at the S 2p → 4eg shape resonance with respect to the S 2p → 2t2g shape resonance, which is a pure one-electron phenomenon.

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Double excitations, High-Rydberg states, SF, Shake-up transitions, Shape resonance, Soft X-ray emission
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Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
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209
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8 pages
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Elsevier
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0368-2048
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10.1016/j.elspec.2016.03.002
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  author       = {{Kivimäki, A. and Coreno, M. and Miotti, P. and Frassetto, F. and Poletto, L. and Stråhlman, C. and De Simone, M. and Richter, R.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{26--33}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena}},
  title        = {{The multielectron character of the S 2p → 4e<sub>g</sub> shape resonance in the SF<sub>6</sub> molecule studied via detection of soft X-ray emission and neutral high-Rydberg fragments}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2016.03.002}},
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