Angular distributions of photoelectrons from free Na clusters
Wopperer P, Faber B, Dinh PM, Reinhard PG, Suraud E (2010)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2010
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Book Volume: 82
Article Number: 063416
Journal Issue: 6
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.063416
Abstract
We explore, from a theoretical perspective, photoelectron angular distributions (PADs) of the Na clusters Na8, Na10, Na 12, Na18, Na3⊃+, Na11⊃+, Na13⊃+, and Na19⊃+. The basis of the description is the time-dependent local-density approximation (TDLDA), augmented by a self-interaction correction (SIC) to describe ionization properties correctly. The scheme is solved on a numerical grid in coordinate space with absorbing bounds. We assume for each cluster system an isotropic ensemble of free clusters and develop for the case of one-photon emission analytical formulas for computing the orientation-averaged PAD on the basis of a few TDLDA-SIC calculations for properly chosen reference orientations. It turns out that all the information in the averaged PAD is contained in one anisotropy parameter. We find that this parameter varies very little with system size, but as a whole is crucially influenced by the detailed ionic structure. We also make comparisons with direct orientation averaging and consider one example reaching outside the perturbative regime. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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Wopperer, P., Faber, B., Dinh, P.M., Reinhard, P.-G., & Suraud, E. (2010). Angular distributions of photoelectrons from free Na clusters. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 82(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.063416
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Wopperer, P., et al. "Angular distributions of photoelectrons from free Na clusters." Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 82.6 (2010).
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