Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research

 

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Article

Date of this Version

April 1974

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Published in Planetary and Space Science 22 (1974), pp. 1535–1543. Copyright © 1974 Pergamon Press/Elsevier. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00320633 Used by permission.

Abstract

The angular distributions of photoelectrons from atomic oxygen, nitrogen and carbon are calculated. Both Hartree-Fock and Hartree-Slater (Herman-Skillman) wave functions are used for oxygen, and the agreement is excellent; thus only Hartree-Slater functions are used for carbon and nitrogen. The pitch angle distribution of photoelectrons is discussed and it is shown that previous approximations of energy independent isotropic or sin2 θ distributions are at odds with our results, which vary with energy. This variation with energy is discussed as is the reliability of these calculations.

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