Ion-ion coincidence studies on multiple ionizations of N-2 and O-2 molecules irradiated by extreme ultraviolet free-electron laser pulses

• We have investigated multiple ionization of N-2 and O-2 molecules by 52 nm extreme-ultraviolet light pulses at the free-electron laser facility SCSS in Japan. Coulomb break-up of parent ions with charge states up to 5+ is found by the ion-ion coincidence technique. The charge-state dependence of kinetic energy release distributions suggests that the electrons are emitted sequentially in competition with the elongation of the bond length.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

bond lengths

molecule-photon collisions

multiphoton processes

nitrogen

oxygen

photoionisation

Physics

Fysik

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