Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.107, No.7, 2415-2418, 1997
Angle-Resolved Photoelectron and Photoion Study on the Shape Resonance in the B-1S Ionization Region of BF3
Angle resolved photoelectron and photoion spectroscopy has been used to investigate the e’ shape resonance just above the B 1s ionization threshold of BF3. The B Is photoelectron asymmetry parameter beta is similar to 0 in the vicinity of the peak of the shape resonance and increases with increase in photon energy, illustrating good agreement with a theoretical prediction. From the angular distribution measurement of energetic F+ fragments following B Is photoionization, we have decomposed the photoionization cross section into two components sigma(e’) and sigma(a " 2) for the B 1s --> e’ parallel and B 1s --> a "(2) perpendicular transitions and confirmed that the shape resonance is in the e’ symmetry component.
Keywords:K-SHELL EXCITATION;ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTIONS;PHOTOABSORPTION SPECTRA;DISSOCIATION DYNAMICS;ABSORPTION-SPECTRA;EXCITED BF3;N-2;PHOTOFRAGMENTS;COINCIDENCE;MOLECULES