Core-excitation-induced dissociation in CD4 after participator Auger decay

• The fragmentation of the CD4 molecule after selective ionization of the 1t(2) and 2a(1) electrons with photons from 70 to 290 eV has been studied with the energy-resolved electron-ion coincidence technique. The mass spectra acquired in coincidence with 1t(2) electrons reveal CD4+, CD3+, and CD2+ fragments, depending on the excitation energy used. The production of CD3+ is strongly enhanced after C 1s excitation to different core excited states, with respect to the production observed after direct ionization of the 1t(2) orbital. This enhancement is correlated with the changes of the molecular geometry when it relaxes from the core-excited state.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

k-shell excitation

electron-ion coincidence

ch4

spectroscopy

molecules

methane

spectrum

impact

photoionization

fragmentation

Molecular physics

Molekylfysik

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ref (subject category)

art (subject category)