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F L Yip1, T N Rescigno, C W McCurdy
1Departamento de Química, Modulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Triply differential cross sections are calculated for one-photon double ionization of neon and argon at various photon energies and electron energy sharings by using a frozen-core treatment to represent the remaining electrons of the residual ion. Angular distributions agree well with all existing experimental data, showing that in spite of its simplicity the method can treat the double ionization of complex targets reliably. A comparison of the cross sections for helium, neon, and argon into the same final state symmetry at the same relative excess energies reveals a distinctive signature of the role of electron correlation in each target.
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