Angular distribution in the photoelectron spectrum of the ground and first excited vibrational bands of the <i>X</i> 2Σ<i>g</i>+ state in N2+ measured as a function of photon energy

Abstract

Angle-resolved photoelectron spectra were taken of the first ionization state of N2 as a function of photon energy using a monochromatized beam of polarized photons from the Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center. From these results the angular parameters for the first two vibrational states were determined over a range of photon energies from 17.7 to 31.0 eV. In energy ranges where resonance absorption, accompanied by autoionization, is expected to occur, β for the first excited vibrational level (v1) was frequently characterized by near zero values. In energy regions free of discrete autoionization v1 was found to have a value of β considerably larger (∼0.4 to 0.8 units) than that for the ground vibrational level (v0). This result is shown to be in accordance with recent calculations by Dehmer et al., based on the effect of vibrational motion on β in the vicinity of a shape resonance.