Confinement Resonances in Photoionization of Xe@C+60

Authors

A. L. D. Kilcoyne, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryFollow
A. Aguilar, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryFollow
A. Muller, Justus-Liebig-Universitat
S. Schippers, Justus-Liebig-Universitat
C. Cisneros, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de MexicoFollow
G. Alna’Washi, The Hashemite University
N. B. Aryal, University of Nevada - Reno
K. K. Baral, University of Nevada - Reno
D. A. Esteves, University of Nevada - Reno
C. M. Thomas, University of Nevada - Reno
R. A. Phaneuf, University of Nevada - RenoFollow

Date of this Version

2010

Citation

Physical Review Letters 105, 213001 (2010); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.213001

Abstract

Experimental evidence is presented for confinement resonances associated with photoabsorption by a Xe atom in a C₆₀ cage. The giant 4d resonance in photoionization of Xe is predicted to be redistributed into four components due to multipath interference of photoelectron waves reflected by the cage. The measurements were made in the photon energy range 60–150 eV by merging a beam of synchrotron radiation with a mass/charge selected Xe@C⁺₆₀ ion beam. The phenomenon was observed in the Xe@C³⁺₅₈ product ion channel.