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Two-electron photoionization of endohedral atoms

Atomic Physics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

Using He@C60He@C_{60} as an example, we demonstrate that static potential of the fullerene core essentially alters the cross section of the two-electron ionization differential in one-electron energy dσ++(ω)/dϵd\sigma ^{++}(\omega )/d\epsilon . We found that at high photon energy prominent oscillations appear in it due to reflection of the second, slow electron wave on the % C_{60} shell, which "dies out" at relatively high ϵ\epsilon values, of about 2÷\div 3 two-electron ionization potentials. The results were presented for ratios RC60(ω,ϵ)dσ++(ω,ϵ)/dσa++(ω,ϵ)R_{C_{60}}(\omega ,\epsilon)\equiv d\sigma ^{++}(\omega ,\epsilon)/d\sigma ^{a++}(\omega,\epsilon), where dσa++(ω,ϵ)/dϵd\sigma ^{a++}(\omega,\epsilon)/d\epsilon is the two-electron differential photoionization cross section. We have calculated the ratio Ri,ful=σi++(ω)/σia++(ω)R_{i,ful}= \sigma_{i} ^{++}(\omega)/\sigma_{i}^{a++}(\omega), that accounts for reflection of both photoelectrons by the C60C_{60} shell. We have calculated also the value of two-electron photoionization cross section σ++(ω)\sigma ^{++}(\omega) and found that this value is close to that of an isolated HeHe atom.

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0603056,
  title  = {Two-electron photoionization of endohedral atoms},
  author = {M. Ya. Amusia and E. Z. Liverts and V. B. Mandelzweig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0603056},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, 4 figures