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Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 153001 (2005) [4 pages]

Two-Photon Detachment of Inner-Shell Electrons from Li-

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Hugo W. van der Hart
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

Received 27 April 2005; published 5 October 2005

We investigate two-photon detachment of an inner 1s electron from the 1s22s2 ground state of Li- using R-matrix Floquet theory. This detachment rate shows a noticeable structure due to shape resonances just above the lowest three doubly excited thresholds of Li. Two-photon detachment of one 1s electron is about twice as likely as two-photon detachment of (at least) one 2s electron. Two-photon detachment of one 1s electron may be observable experimentally through the detection of electrons with kinetic energies between 45 and 65 eV.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.153001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.153001
PACS:
32.80.Rm, 31.15.Ar, 32.80.Gc