Evidence of radiative charge transfer in argon dimers

Saito N; Morishita Y; Suzuki IH; Stoychev SD; Kuleff AI; Cederbaum LS; Liu XJ; Fukuzawa H; Prumper G; Ueda K

Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.441, No.1-3, 16-19, 2007

DOI10.1016/j.cplett.2007.04.077 Export Citation

Evidence of radiative charge transfer in argon dimers

Saito N, Morishita Y, Suzuki IH, Stoychev SD, Kuleff AI, Cederbaum LS, Liu XJ, Fukuzawa H, Prumper G, Ueda K

Auger electron spectra recorded in coincidence with two Ar+ ions produced from Ar-2(2+) suggest that the bound one-site two-hole state, Ar2+ (3p(-2))-Ar, decays further only via radiative charge transfer to the dissociative two-site two-hole states Ar+ (3p(-1))-Ar+-(3p(-1)). The measured kinetic energy release of Ar-2(2+) agrees well with the theoretical estimate based on this process. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.