Photoelectron Angular Distributions of s Electrons in Open-Shell Atoms

Authors

Anthony F. Starace, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Robert H. Rast, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Steven T. Manson, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Date of this Version

June 1977

Comments

Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1522 (1977). http://prl.aps.org. Copyright © 1977 American Physical Society. Permission to use.

Abstract

It is shown that the photoelectron angular distribution of s electrons in an open-shell atom, having outer configuration ns²np^q, is not described by the asymmetry parameter β=2, as predicted by more approximate theories, but has dramatic variations with energy even within LS coupling. Calculations for the 3s subshell in Cl are presented as an example.