Angular correlation between B K-VV Auger electrons of BF3 molecules and coincident fragment ions: manifestation of...

We have measured the angular correlation between the B K-VV Auger electrons of BF(3) molecules and the coincident fragment-ion pairs of BF(2)(+)-F(+). Then, we have found that the measured angular correlation patterns depending on the mutual angle between the light polarization direction and molecular orientation are affected by the anisotropic axis distribution of the molecular ensemble of BF(3)(+) reflecting the anisotropic nature of photon-molecule interaction. In this context, we have pointed out generally that for coincidence experiments, so-called molecular frame Auger electron angular distributions are realized only if the axis distribution of the molecular ion ensemble is isotropic.