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Published on: February 14, 2014
Partial photoionization cross sections of NH4 and H3O Rydberg radicals
A M Velasco1, C Lavín, I Martín
1Departmento de Química Física, Universidad de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain. amvelasco@qf.uva.es
Abstract:
Photoionization cross sections for various Rydberg series that correspond to ionization channels of ammonium and oxonium Rydberg radicals from the outermost, occupied orbitals of their respective ground states are reported. These properties are known to be relevant in photoelectron dynamics studies. For the present calculations, the molecular-adapted quantum defect orbital method has been employed. A Cooper minimum has been found in the 3sa(1)-kpt(2) Rydberg channel of NH(4) beyond the ionization threshold, which provides the main contribution to the photoionization of this radical. However, no net minimum is found in the partial cross section of H(3)O despite the presence of minima in the 3sa(1)-kpe and 3sa(1)-kpa(1) Rydberg channels. The complete oscillator strength distributions spanning the discrete and continuous regions of both radicals exhibit the expected continuity across the ionization threshold.
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