Valence-shell single photoionization of Chlorine-like K${}^{2+}$ ions: Experiment and Theory

Abstract

The absolute single photoionization cross-section was measured for Cl-like K${}^{2+}$ over the photon energy range from 44.2 - 69.7 eV at a constant energy resolution of 0.045 eV. The experiments were performed by merging an ion beam with a beam of synchrotron radiation from an undulator. The ground-state ionization threshold was measured at 0.004 eV energy resolution to be 45.717 $\pm$ 0.030 eV. The measurements are rich in resonance structure due to multiple Rydberg series of transitions to autoionizing states. These series are assigned spectroscopically using the quantum defect method, guided by pseudo-relativistic Hartree-Fock calculations for the energies and oscillator strengths of transitions to autoionizing states. The experimental results, which include significant contributions from K${}^{2+}$ ions initially in metastable states, are in satisfactory agreement with a linear superposition of semi-relativistic R-matrix calculations of photoionization cross sections from these initial states.

arXiv commentAccepted for publication in Physical Review A: 25 pages, 15 figures, 5 Tables, 2 appendices

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