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High-energy molecular-frame photoelectron angular distributions: a molecular bond-length ruler

Authors :
I. Vela-Peréz
F. Ota
A. Mhamdi
Y. Tamura
J. Rist
N. Melzer
S. Uerken
G. Nalin
N. Anders
D. You
M. Kircher
C. Janke
M. Waitz
F. Trinter
R. Guillemin
M. N. Piancastelli
M. Simon
V. T. Davis
J. B. Williams
R. Dörner
K. Hatada
K. Yamazaki
K. Fehre
Ph. V. Demekhin
K. Ueda
M. S. Schöffler
T. Jahnke
Source :
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Physical chemistry, chemical physics 25(19), 13784-13791 (2023). doi:10.1039/D2CP05942H
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg, 2023.

Abstract

Physical chemistry, chemical physics 25(19), 13784 - 13791 (2023). doi:10.1039/D2CP05942H<br />We present a study on molecular-frame photoelectron angular distributions (MFPADs) of small molecules using circularly polarized synchrotron light. We find that the main forward-scattering peaks of the MFPADs are slightly tilted with respect to the molecular axis. This tilt angle is directly connected to the molecular bond length by a simple, universal formula. We apply the derived formula to several examples of MFPADs of C 1s and O 1s photoelectrons of CO, which have been measured experimentally or obtained by means of ab initio modeling. In addition, we discuss the influence of the back-scattering contribution that is superimposed over the analyzed forward-scattering peak in the case of homo-nuclear diatomic molecules such as N2.<br />Published by RSC Publ., Cambridge

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Physical chemistry, chemical physics 25(19), 13784-13791 (2023). doi:10.1039/D2CP05942H
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8a3486b06d0de91d4f67c99126bdabc7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3204/pubdb-2023-03427