Properties of Hollow Molecules Probed by Single-Photon Double Ionization

P. Lablanquie, F. Penent, J. Palaudoux, L. Andric, P. Selles, S. Carniato, K. Bučar, M. Žitnik, M. Huttula, J. H. D. Eland, E. Shigemasa, K. Soejima, Y. Hikosaka, I. H. Suzuki, M. Nakano, and K. Ito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 063003 – Published 11 February 2011

Abstract

The formation of hollow molecules (with a completely empty $K$ shell in one constituent atom) through single-photon core double ionization has been demonstrated using a sensitive magnetic bottle experimental technique combined with synchrotron radiation. Detailed properties are presented such as the spectroscopy, formation, and decay dynamics of the $N_{2}^{2 +}$ $K^{- 2}$ main and satellite states and the strong chemical shifts of double $K$ holes on an oxygen atom in CO, ${CO}_{2}$ , and $O_{2}$ molecules.

Received 26 July 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.063003

Authors & Affiliations

P. Lablanquie^1,2, F. Penent^1,2, J. Palaudoux^1,2, L. Andric^1,2,3, P. Selles^1,2, S. Carniato^1,2, K. Bučar⁴, M. Žitnik⁴, M. Huttula⁵, J. H. D. Eland⁶, E. Shigemasa⁷, K. Soejima⁸, Y. Hikosaka⁸, I. H. Suzuki⁹, M. Nakano⁹, and K. Ito⁹

¹UPMC, Université Paris 06, LCPMR, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
²CNRS, LCPMR (UMR 7614), 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
³Université Paris-Est, 5 boulevard Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France
⁴Jožef Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
⁵Department of Physics, P.O. Box 3000, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
⁶Department of Chemistry, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
⁷UVSOR Facility, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
⁸Department of Environmental Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
⁹Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan

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Vol. 106, Iss. 6 — 11 February 2011

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