287 research outputs found
Non-dipole angular anisotropy parameters of semi-filled shell atoms
We present the results of calculations of outer shell non-dipole angular
anisotropy parameters for semi-filled shell atoms in the Hartree-Fock (HF)
one-electron approximation and with account of inter-electron correlations in
the frame of the Spin Polarized Random Phase Approximation with Exchange (SP
RPAE). We demonstrate for the first time that this characteristic of
photoionization process is essentially sensitive to the fact whether the
photoelectron has the same or opposite spin orientation to that of the
semi-filled shell.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure
Angular distributions of secondary electrons in fast particle-atom scattering
We present the angular distribution of electrons knocked out from an atom in
a fast charge particle collision at small momentum transfer. It is determined
not only by dipole but also by quadrupole transitions, the contribution of
which can be considerably enhanced as compared to the case of photoionization.
There the non-dipole parameters are suppressed as compared to the dipole ones
by the parameter \omega R/c << 1, where is the photon energy, R is the ionized
shell radius and c is the speed of light. This suppression in fast
electron-atom collisions can be considerably reduced: the corresponding
expansion parameter \omega R/ \nu << 1 is much bigger than in photoionization,
since the speed of the incoming electron is much smaller than c. In formation
of the angular distribution it is decisively important that the ionizing field
in collision process is longitudinal, while in photoionization - it is
transversal.
We illustrate the general formulas by concrete results for outer s-, p-, and
some nd-subshells of multi-electron noble gas atoms Ar, Kr and Xe, at several
transferred momentum values: q=0.0, 0.1, 1.1, 2.1. Even for very small
transferred momentum q, i.e. in the so-called optical limit, the deviations
from the photoionization case are prominent.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1012.5465 and
arXiv:1108.101
On the photoionization of the outer electrons in noble gas endohedral atoms
We demonstrate the prominent modification of the outer shell photoionization
cross-section in noble gas (NG) endohedral atoms NG@F under the action of the
fullerene F electron shell. This shell leads to two important effects, namely
to strong enhancement of the cross-section due to fullerenes shell polarization
under the action of the incoming electromagnetic wave and to prominent
oscillation of this cross-section due to the reflection of the photoelectron
from NG by the F shell.
All but He noble gas atoms are considered. The polarization of the fullerene
shell is expressed via the total photoabsorption cross-section of F. The
reflection of the photoelectron is taken into account in the frame of the
so-called bubble potential that is a spherical zero --thickness potential.
It is assumed in the derivations that NG is centrally located in the
fullerene. It is assumed also, in accord with the existing experimental data,
that the fullerenes radius R is much bigger than the atomic radius and the
thickness of the fullerenes shell . These assumptions permit, as it was
demonstrated recently, to present the NG@F photoionization cross-section as a
product of the NG cross-section and two well defined calculated factors.Comment: 19 pages, 9 figure
Photoionization of Xe 3d electrons in molecule Xe@C60: interplay of intra-doublet and confinement resonances
We demonstrate rather interesting manifestations of co-existence of resonance
features in characteristics of the photoionization of 3d-electrons in Xe@C60.
It is shown that the reflection of photoelectrons produced by the 3d Xe
photoionization affects greatly partial photoionization cross-sections of and
levels and respective angular anisotropy parameters, both dipole and non-dipole
adding to all of them additional maximums and minimums. The calculations are
performed treating the 3/2 and 5/2 electrons as electrons of different kinds
with their spins "up" and "down". The effect of C60 shell is accounted for in
the frame of the "orange" skin potential model.Comment: 13 pages, 12 figure
Density Functional Theory versus the Hartree Fock Method: Comparative Assessment
We compare two different approaches to investigations of many-electron
systems. The first is the Hartree-Fock (HF) method and the second is the
Density Functional Theory (DFT). Overview of the main features and peculiar
properties of the HF method are presented. A way to realize the HF method
within the Kohn-Sham (KS) approach of the DFT is discussed. We show that this
is impossible without including a specific correlation energy, which is defined
by the difference between the sum of the kinetic and exchange energies of a
system considered within KS and HF, respectively. It is the nonlocal exchange
potential entering the HF equations that generates this correlation energy. We
show that the total correlation energy of a finite electron system, which has
to include this correlation energy, cannot be obtained from considerations of
uniform electron systems. The single-particle excitation spectrum of
many-electron systems is related to the eigenvalues of the corresponding KS
equations. We demonstrate that this spectrum does not coincide in general with
the eigenvalues of KS or HF equations.Comment: 16 pages, Revtex, no figure
Distortion and preservation of Giant resonances in Endohedral Atoms A@C60
It is demonstrated in this Letter that the effect of the fullerene shell upon
atomic Giant resonance decisively depends upon energy of photoelectrons, by
which the resonance decay. According to the prediction in [1], the Giant
resonance in Xe is strongly modified in the endohedral Xe@C60 being transformed
from a single broad and powerful maximum in Xe into four quite narrow but with
almost the same total oscillator strength. On the contrary, the 4d Giant
resonances in ions Ce3+ (the electronic structure that Ce has, when stuffed
into fullerene), in Ce4+, and Eu are considered. In none of them the 4d Giant
resonance in endohedrals is affected essentially. This is because the decay of
the Giant resonances in these endohedrals proceeds by emission of fast
photoelectrons that are almost unaffected by the C60 shell. The results
obtained give at least qualitative explanation to the fact that recent
observation of 4d Giant resonance in Ce@C82+, where the Giant resonance was
observed as a maximum without noticeable structure.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Two-electron photoionization of endohedral atoms
Using 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 . We found that at high photon energy prominent oscillations
appear in it due to reflection of the second, slow electron wave on the shell, which "dies out" at relatively high values, of about
23 two-electron ionization potentials. The results were presented for
ratios , where is the two-electron differential
photoionization cross section. We have calculated the ratio , that accounts for
reflection of both photoelectrons by the shell. We have calculated
also the value of two-electron photoionization cross section and found that this value is close to that of an isolated
atom.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Qualitative difference between the angular anisotropy parameters in fast electron scattering and photoionization
It is demonstrated for the first time that in spite of well known big
similarities between atomic ionization by photons and fast electrons, a
qualitative difference exists in angular anisotropy parameters of electrons
knocked out in these processes. The difference is disclosed here and attributed
to distinction between normal (transverse) and virtual (longitudinal) photons.
Formulas are derived for dipole and non-dipole angular anisotropy parameters in
fast electronatom scattering. The ratio of quadrupole-to-dipole matrix elements
is determined by the parameter \omega R/v << 1 where \omega is the transferred
in collision energy, R is the ionized shell radius and v is the speed of
projectile. This factor can be much bigger than in the case of photoionization,
where one has the speed of light c that is much bigger than v . We illustrate
general formulas by concrete results for outer s-subshells of noble gas atoms
Ar and Xe. Even for very small transferred momentum q, in the so-called optical
limit, the deviation from photoionization case is prominent and instructive.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1012.546
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