Absolute single-photoionization cross sections of Se2+: Experiment and theory

D. A. Macaluso, A. Aguilar, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, E. C. Red, R. C. Bilodeau, R. A. Phaneuf, N. C. Sterling, and B. M. McLaughlin
Phys. Rev. A 92, 063424 – Published 28 December 2015

Abstract

Absolute single-photoionization cross-section measurements for Se2+ ions were performed at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory using the merged-beams photo-ion technique. Measurements were made at a photon energy resolution of 24±3 meV in the photon energy range 23.5–42.5 eV, spanning the ground state and low-lying metastable state ionization thresholds. To clearly resolve the resonant structure near the ground-state threshold, high-resolution measurements were made from 30.0 to 31.9 eV at a photon energy resolution of 6.7±0.7 meV. Numerous resonance features observed in the experimental spectra are assigned and their energies and quantum defects tabulated. The high-resolution cross-section measurements are compared with large-scale, state-of-the-art theoretical cross-section calculations obtained from the Dirac Coulomb R-matrix method. Suitable agreement is obtained over the entire photon energy range investigated. These results are an experimental determination of the absolute photoionization cross section of doubly ionized selenium and include a detailed analysis of the photoionization resonance spectrum of this ion.

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  • Received 28 August 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.063424

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. A. Macaluso*

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA

A. Aguilar, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, and E. C. Red

  • The Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

R. C. Bilodeau§

  • Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5252, USA and The Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

R. A. Phaneuf

  • Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0220, USA

N. C. Sterling

  • Department of Physics, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia 30118, USA

B. M. McLaughlin

  • Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (CTAMOP), School of Mathematics and Physics, The David Bates Building, 7 College Park, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom and Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics (ITAMP), Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, MS-14, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

  • *david.macaluso@umontana.edu
  • Present address: ReVera Incorporated, 3090 Oakmead Village Drive, Santa Clara, California 95051, USA.
  • Present address: Department of Physics, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA.
  • §Present address: Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
  • bmclaughlin899@btinternet.com

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Vol. 92, Iss. 6 — December 2015

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