Selective vibrational excitation in the resonant Auger decay following core-to-pi transitions in N2O

O. Travnikova, Denis Céolin, Z. Bao, K. J. Borve, T. Tanaka, M. Hoshino, H. Kato, H. Tanaka, J. R. Harries, Y. Tamenori, G. Pruemper, T. Lischke, X. -J. Liu, M. N. Piancastelli, K. Ueda

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Abstract

In N2O a detailed study of the vibrational distribution of the (X) over tilde state reached after decay of core-to-pi* excitation of N terminal, N central and 0 1s core levels is reported. We observe a change in the relative intensity of bending versus stretching modes while scanning the photon energy across all three resonances. While this effect is known to be due to the Renner-Teller splitting in the core-excited states, we could derive that the antisymmetric stretching is excited mainly in the decay of the N terminal 1s-to-pi* excitation. An explanation for such selectivity is provided in terms of interplay of vibrational structure on potential energy surfaces of different electronic states involved in the process. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationJournal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
PublisherElsevier
Pages129-134
Volume181
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event11th International Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (ICESS - 11) - Nara, Japan
Duration: 2009 Oct 62009 Oct 10

Publication series

Name
Number2-3
Volume181
ISSN (Print)0368-2048

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (ICESS - 11)
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNara
Period2009/10/062009/10/10

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Free keywords

  • spectroscopy
  • N2O
  • Electron
  • Core excitation
  • Resonant Auger
  • Renner-Teller effect

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