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Nondipole effects in the photoionization of xe 4d5/2 and 4d3/2: evidence for quadrupole satellites
O Hemmers1, R Guillemin, D Rolles
1Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4003, USA.
Abstract:
Measurements of nondipole parameters in spin-orbit-resolved Xe 4d photoionization demonstrate dynamical differences arising from relativistic effects. The experimental data do not agree with relativistic random-phase approximation calculations of single ionization dipole and quadrupole channels. It is suggested that the discrepancy is due to the omission of multiple-excitation quadrupole channels, i.e., quadrupole satellite transitions.
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