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Angle-resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy At Ultra-low Temperatures
Published on: October 9, 2012
Photoionization of small krypton clusters in the Kr 3d regime: evidence for site-specific photoemission
T Hatsui1, H Setoyama, N Kosugi
1Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan.
Abstract:
Kr 3d ionization energies of small, variable size krypton clusters are investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy, where the size regime of clusters with an average size N< or =30 is studied. Characteristic shifts in Kr 3d ionization energies to lower binding energies are found compared to the bare atom. These are also different from those of large krypton clusters. Moreover, we find evidence for photoionization of the krypton dimer. Its 3d ionization energy is barely shifted relative to the atomic value. Results from model calculations considering different isomers and cluster sizes as well as defect sites give evidence that the experimental results can be related to photoionization from different surface sites in variable size krypton clusters. This can be related to site-specific photoemission in small Kr clusters. The results are compared to size effects in Kr 3d near-edge features of variable size Kr clusters as well as recent results on Kr 3d photoionization of large Kr clusters.
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