Fine-structure resolved photoionization of metastable Be-like ions C III, N IV, and O V

Abstract

High-resolution photoionization experiments were carried out with beams of C III, N IV, and O V containing roughly equal amounts of ground-state and metastable ions. The energy scales of the experiments are calibrated with uncertainties of 1 to 10 meV depending on photon energy. These data favorably compare with state-of-the-art R-matrix calculations carried out on an energy grid with a spacing of 13.6 μeV.