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Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Aug 26;89(9):093002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.093002. Epub 2002 Aug 09.

Oscillations in the double-photoionization cross section of Li near threshold.

Physical review letters

R Wehlitz, J B Bluett, S B Whitfield

Affiliations

  1. Synchrotron Radiation Center, University of Wisconsin, Stoughton, Wisconsin 53589, USA.

PMID: 12190394 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.093002

Abstract

The threshold region of the double-photoionization cross section of lithium was investigated using monochromatized synchrotron radiation and ion time-of-flight spectrometry. While the overall energy dependence can be described by the Wannier power law, we found oscillations in the cross section which are in good agreement with a modulated threshold law as proposed by Temkin [Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 365 (1982)]]. This behavior may be due to the unequal binding energies of the electrons involved in the double-photoionization process.

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