291 research outputs found
Carbon K-shell Photo Ionization of CO: Molecular frame angular Distributions of normal and conjugate shakeup Satellites
We have measured the molecular frame angular distributions of photoelectrons
emitted from the Carbon K shell of fixed-in-space CO molecules for the case of
simultaneous excitation of the remaining molecular ion. Normal and conjugate
shake up states are observed. Photo electrons belonging to normal \Sigma
-satellite lines show an angular distribution resembling that observed for the
main photoline at the same electron energy. Surprisingly a similar shape is
found for conjugate shake up states with \Pi -symmetry. In our data we identify
shake rather than electron scattering (PEVE) as the mechanism producing the
conjugate lines. The angular distributions clearly show the presence of a
\Sigma -shape resonance for all of the satellite lines.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
Interatomic Coulombic Decay following Photoionization of the Helium Dimer: Observation of Vibrational Structure
Using synchrotron radiation we simultaneously ionize and excite one helium
atom of a helium dimer (He_2) in a shakeup process. The populated states of the
dimer ion (i.e. He^[*+](n = 2; 3)-He) are found to deexcite via interatomic
coulombic decay. This leads to the emission of a second electron from the
neutral site and a subsequent coulomb explosion. In this letter we present a
measurement of the momenta of fragments that are created during this reaction.
The electron energy distribution and the kinetic energy release of the two He^+
ions show pronounced oscillations which we attribute to the structure of the
vibrational wave function of the dimer ion.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Single photon double ionization of the helium dimer
We show that a single photon can ionize the two helium atoms of the helium
dimer in a distance up to 10 {\deg}A. The energy sharing among the electrons,
the angular distributions of the ions and electrons as well as comparison with
electron impact data for helium atoms suggest a knock-off type double
ionization process. The Coulomb explosion imaging of He_2 provides a direct
view of the nuclear wave function of this by far most extended and most diffuse
of all naturally existing molecules.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Two-particle interference of electron pairs on a molecular level
We investigate the photo-doubleionization of molecules with 400 eV
photons. We find that the emitted electrons do not show any sign of two-center
interference fringes in their angular emission distributions if considered
separately. In contrast, the quasi-particle consisting of both electrons (i.e.
the "dielectron") does. The work highlights the fact that non-local effects are
embedded everywhere in nature where many-particle processes are involved
HIV-1 is dependent on its immature lattice to recruit IP6 for mature capsid assembly
HIV-1 Gag metamorphoses inside each virion, from an immature lattice that forms during viral production to a mature capsid that drives infection. Here we show that the immature lattice is required to concentrate the cellular metabolite inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) into virions to catalyze mature capsid assembly. Disabling the ability of HIV-1 to enrich IP6 does not prevent immature lattice formation or production of the virus. However, without sufficient IP6 molecules inside each virion, HIV-1 can no longer build a stable capsid and fails to become infectious. IP6 cannot be replaced by other inositol phosphate (IP) molecules, as substitution with other IPs profoundly slows mature assembly kinetics and results in virions with gross morphological defects. Our results demonstrate that while HIV-1 can become independent of IP6 for immature assembly, it remains dependent upon the metabolite for mature capsid formation
Ion impact induced Interatomic Coulombic Decay in neon and argon dimers
We investigate the contribution of Interatomic Coulombic Decay induced by ion
impact in neon and argon dimers (Ne and Ar) to the production of low
energy electrons. Our experiments cover a broad range of perturbation strengths
and reaction channels. We use 11.37 MeV/u S, 0.125 MeV/u He,
0.1625 MeV/u He and 0.150 MeV/u He as projectiles and study
ionization, single and double electron transfer to the projectile as well as
projectile electron loss processes. The application of a COLTRIMS reaction
microscope enables us to retrieve the three-dimensional momentum vectors of the
ion pairs of the fragmenting dimer into Ne/Ne and
Ar/Ar (q = 1, 2, 3) in coincidence with at least one emitted
electron
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