Giant spin-orbit interactions in argon photoionization.

Jaecks, D. H.; Yenen, O.; McLaughlin, K. W.; Canton, S. E.; Bozek, J. D.; Downsbrough,  M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.70.040703

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Giant spin-orbit interactions in argon photoionization.

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Canton, S. E.
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Jaecks, D. H., Yenen, O., McLaughlin, K. W., Canton, S. E., Bozek, J. D., & Downsbrough, M. (2004). Giant spin-orbit interactions in argon photoionization. Physical Review A, 70(4): 040703(R). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.70.040703.

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We have measured the relative cross sections for quartet and doublet satellite states of Ar+ formed in photoionization. Quartet states are dipole forbidden in the nonrelativistic limit and result from spin-orbit interactions in the continuum [H. W. Van der Hart and C. H. Greene, J. Phys. B 32, 4029 (1999)]. Because of this, the cross sections for their formation are generally thought to be smaller than the dipole-allowed doublet states. We find that the cross sections for the 3p4[3P]4p4Do1∕2 and 3p4[3P]4p4Do3∕2 quartet states over certain energy regions are 16 to 30 times larger than doublet states. This counterintuitive result remains to be theoretically explained.