Double-$K$-hole resonances in single photoionization of He-like B${}^{3+}$ ions

Abstract

Within a joint experimental and theoretical research project, single photoionization of He-like B${}^{3+}$ ions was investigated in the energy range from approximately 250 to 1200~eV. With the parent-ion beam in the experiment containing both $1s^2{}^{1}S$ ground-state and $1s2s{}^{3}S$ metastable B${}^{3+}$ ions, double-core-hole resonances could be studied. Two series of hollow resonant states were observed, one populated by $K$-shell double excitation $1s^2{}^{1}S\to 2\ell n{\ell }^{\prime }{}^{1}P$ ($\ell =s,p$; ${\ell }^{\prime }=p,s$; $n=2,3,..,6$) at photon energies up to about 510~eV, the other by $K$-shell single excitation $1s2s{}^{3}S\to 2\ell n{\ell }^{\prime }{}^{3}P$ ($\ell =s,p$; ${\ell }^{\prime }=p,s$; $n=2,3,..,6$) at energies up to about 310~eV. High resolving powers up to approximately 29000 were achieved. The relativistic many-body perturbation theory was employed to determine level-to-level cross sections for $K$-shell excitation with subsequent autoionization. The resonance energies were calculated with inclusion of electron correlation and radiative contributions. The energy uncertainties of the most prominent resonances are estimated to be below $\pm 1$ meV. Convergent close coupling (CCC) calculations provided single-photoionization cross sections ${\sigma }_{34}$ for B${}^{3+}$ including the resonant and non-resonant channels. Apart from the resonances, ${\sigma }_{34}$ is dominated by direct ionization in the investigated energy range. The contribution ${\sigma }_{34}^{\mathrm{dir}}$ of the latter process to ${\sigma }_{34}$ was separately determined by using the random-phase approximation with exchange and relativistic Hartree-Fock calculations which agree very well with previous calculations. Direct ionization of one electron accompanied by excitation of the remaining electron was treated by the CCC theory and found to be a minor contribution to ${\sigma }_{34}$.

27 pages, 19 figures

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