Unambiguous observation of F-atom core-hole localization in CF4 through body-frame photoelectron angular distributions
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McCurdy, C. W.
Rescigno, T. N.
Trevisan, C. S.
Lucchese, R. R.
Gaire, B.
Menssen, A.
Schoeffler, M. S.
Gatton, A. S.
Neff, J.
Stammer, P. M.
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2017
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A dramatic symmetry breaking in K-shell photoionization of the CF4 molecule in which a core-hole vacancy is created in one of four equivalent fluorine atoms is displayed in the molecular frame angular distribution of the photoelectrons. Observing the photoejected electron in coincidence with an F+ atomic ion after Auger decay is shown to select the dissociation path where the core hole was localized almost exclusively on that atom. A combination of measurements and ab initio calculations of the photoelectron angular distribution in the frame of the recoiling CF3+ and F+ atoms elucidates the underlying physics that derives from the Ne-like valence structure of the F(1s(-1)) core-excited atom.
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McCurdy, C. W., Rescigno, T. N., Trevisan, C. S., Lucchese, R. R., Gaire, B., Menssen, A., … Weber, T. (2017). Unambiguous observation of F-atom core-hole localization in CF4 through body-frame photoelectron angular distributions. Physical Review A, 95(1). doi:10.1103/physreva.95.011401
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2469-9926