Line-profile Analysis of Excitation Spectroscopy in Even 5p^5（^2P1/2）nl＇ [K＇]j （1＇=1, 3） Autoionizing Resonances of Xe

The even-parity autoionizing resonance series 5p^5np＇ [3/2]1, [1/2]1, and 5p^5nf＇ [5/2]3 of xenon have been investigated, excited from the two metastable states 5p^56s [3/2]2 and 5p^56s＇ [1/2]0 in the photon energy range of 28000-42000 cm^-1 with experimental bandwidth of -0.1 cm^-1. The excitation spectra of the even-parity autoionizing resonance series show typical asymmetric line shapes. New level energies, quantum defects, line profile indices and resonance widths, resonance lifetimes and reduced widths of the autoionizing resonances are derived by a Fano-type line-shape analysis. The line profile index and the resonance width are shown to be approximately proportional to the effective principal quantum number. The line separation of the 5p^5np＇ autoionizing resonances is discussed.

Line-Profile Analysis of Excitation Spectroscopy in the Even 3p^5（^2P1/2）nl′[K′]J（l′=1,3） Autoionizing Resonances of Ar

The even-parity autoionizing resonance series 3p^5np′[3/2]1,2, 3p^5np′[1/2] 1, and 3p^5nf′[5/2]3 of Ar have been investigated exciting from the two metastable states 3p^54s[3/2]2 and 3p^54s′[1/2]0 in the photon energy range of 32500-35600 cm^-1 with an experimental band- width of ～0.1 cm^-1. The excitation spectra of the even-parity autoionizing resonance series show typical asymmetric line shapes. New level energies, quantum defects, line profile index and resonance widths, resonance lifetime and reduced widths of the autoionizing resonances are derived by a Fano-type line-shape analysis. The line profile index q and the resonance widths F are shown to be approximately proportional to the effective principal quantum number n^＊. The line separation of the 3p^5np′ autoionizing resonances is discussed.

Resonance-Enhanced Photon Excitation Spectroscopy of the Even-Parity 3p^5（2P1/2）nl′ [K′]J （l′=1, 3） Autoionizing Rydberg States of Ar

Metastable 40Ar＊ atoms are produced in the two metastable states 3p54s [3/2]2 and 3p5 4s′ [1/2]0 in a pulsed DC discharge in a beam, and are subsequently excited to the even-parity autoionizing resonance series 3pSnp′[3/2]1,2, 3p5 np′ [1/2]1, and 3p5nf′[5/2]3 using single photon excitation with a pulsed dye laser. The excitation spectra of the even-parity autoion- izing resonance series from the metastable 40Ar＊ are obtained by recording the autoionized Ar＋ ions with time-of-flight ion detection in the photon energy range of 32500-35600 cm-1 with an experimental bandwidth of 〈0.1 cm-1. A wealth of autoionizing resonances are newly observed, from which more precise and systematic spectroscopic data of the level energies and quantum defects are derived.

The VMI study on angular distribution of ejected electrons from Eu 4f^76p_(1/2)6d autoionizing states

The combination of a velocity mapping imaging technique and mathematical transformation is adopted to study the angular distribution of electrons ejected from the Eu 4f76p1/26 d autoionizing states, which are excited with a three-step excitation scheme via different Eu 4f76s6d8 D J（J = 5/2, 7/2, and 9/2） intermediate states. In order to determine the energy dependence of angular distribution of the ejected electrons, the anisotropic parameters are measured in the spectral profile of the 6p1/26 d autoionizing states by tuning the wavelength of the third-step laser across the ionic resonance lines of the Eu 6s＋→ 6p＋. The configuration interaction is discussed by comparing the angular distributions of ejected electrons from the different states. The present study reveals the profound variations of anisotropic parameters in the entire region of autoionization resonance, highlighting the complicated nature of the autoionization process for the lowest member of6p1/26 d autoionization series.

Branching ratios of autoionization from Eu 4f^76p_(1/2)6d [J] autoionizing states

The autoionization branching ratios from Eu 4f76p1/26 d [J] autoionizing states to its 4f76s+(9So), 4f76s+(7So), and4f75d+(9Do) final ionic states are investigated with the combination of the three-step laser excitation and the velocity-map imaging technique. These different autoionizing states are excited via 4f76s6d8 DJ [J = 5/2, 7/2, and 9/2] intermediate states, respectively. The experimental photoelectron images are obtained, from which energy distributions of ejected electrons are achieved with the mathematical transformation. Furthermore, the energy dependence of the branching ratio is investigated within the autoionization resonance, by which population inversion is observed as an important characteristic.The J-dependence is also studied systematically. The validity of the well-known isolated core excitation technique used for obtaining the autoionization spectrum is also studied.

Experimental study of bound and autoionizing Rydberg states of the europium atom

An isolated-core-excitation （ICE） scheme and stepwise excitation are employed to study the highly excited states of the europium atom. The bound europium spectrum with odd parity in a region of 42400-43500 cm^-1 is measured, from which spectral information on 38 transitions, such as level position and relative intensity, can be deduced. Combined with information about excitation calibration and the error estimation process, the selection rules enable us to determine the possible values of total angular momentum J for the observed states. The autoionization spectra of atomic europium, belonging to the 4f^76pnl（l = 0, 2） configurations, are systematically investigated by using the three-step laser resonance ionization spectroscopy （RIS） approach. With the ICE scheme, all the experimental spectra of the autoionizing states have nearly symmetric profiles whose peak positions and widths can be easily obtained. A comparison between our results and those from the relevant literature shows that our work not only confirms many reported states, but also discovers 14 bound states and 16 autoionizing states.

TERM ENERGIES FOR THE AUTOIONIZING STATES OF THE LITHIUM ATOM

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Resonance-Enhanced Photon Excitation Spectroscopy of the Even-Parity Autoionizing Rydberg States of Xe

Xenon atoms were produced in their metastable states 5p^56s[3/2]2 and 5p^56s＇[1/2]0 in a pulsed DC discharge in a beam, and subsequently excited to the even-parity autoionizing Rydberg states 5p^5np＇ [3/2] 1,[1/2] 1, and 5p^5nf＇ [5/2] 3 using single photon excitation. The excitation spectra of the even-parity autoionizing resonance series from the metastable 129Xe were obtained by recording the autoionized Xe＋ with time-of-flight ion detection in the photon energy range of 28000-42000 cm-1. A wealth of autoionizing resonances were newly observed, from which more precise and systematic spectroscopic data of the level energies and quantum defects were derived.

Theoretical Analysis of Rydberg and Autoionizing State Spectra of Antimony

We calculate the Rydberg and autoionization Rydberg spectra of antimony （Sb） from first principles by relativistic multichannel theory within the framework of multichannel quantum defect theory. Our calculation can be used to classify and assign the atomic states described in recently reported three Rydberg series and four autoionizing states. The perturbation effects on line intensity, variation and line profile are discussed. Assignments of the perturber states and autoionizing states are presented.

Resonance-enhanced photon excitation spectroscopy of the even-parity autoionizing Rydberg states of Kr

Kr atoms were produced in their metastable states 4p55s [3/2]2 and 4p55s' [1/2]0 in a pulsed DC dis-charge in a beam,and subsequently excited to the even-parity autoionizing Rydberg states 4p5np' [3/2]1,2,[1/2]1 and 4p5nf' [5/2]3 using single photon excitation.The excitation spectra of the even-parity autoionizing resonance series from the metastable Kr were obtained by recording the autoionized Kr+ ions with time-of-flight ion detection in the photon energy range of 29000-40000 cm1.A wealth of autoionizing resonances were newly observed,from which more precise and more systematic spec-troscopic data of the level energy and quantum defects were derived.

Line-profile analysis of excitation spectroscopy in the even 4p^5(~2P_(1/2))nl′ [K′]_J(l′=1,3) autoionizing resonances of Kr

The even-parity autoionizing resonance series 4p^5np＇ [3/2] 1,2, [ 1/2] 1, and 4p^2nf＇ [5/213 of krytpon have been investigated by laser excitation from the two metastable states 4p55s [3/2]2 and 4p^55s＇ [1/2]0 in the photon energy region of 2900（P40000 cm^-1 at experimental bandwidth of -0.1 cm-1. The excitation spectra of the even-parity autoionizing resonance series, most of which are experimentally studied for the first time in this work, show typical asymmetric line shapes. Complementary information on level energies, quantum defects, line profile indices and resonance widths, resonance lifetimes and reduced widths of the auto- ionizing resonances are derived by Fano-type line-shape analyses of the experimental results. Results from this work indicate that the line profile index （q） and the resonance width （F） are approximately proportional to the effective principal quantum number （n＊）; the line separation of the 4p^5np＇ autoionizing resonances is also in good agreement with theoretical model

OBSERVATION OF RYDBERG AUTOIONIZING STATE OF CS_2 AND HIGHER EXCITED VIBRATIONAL STATE OF CS_2^+

I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, the investigation of autoionization processes attracts much attention as MPI （multiphoton Ionization）spectroscopy has developed rapidly. However, much work has been done on atomic system. In comparison, the molecules have richer vibronic structure which makes the research more complicated. Great attention has been given to the MPI study of CS2 and CS2+. One of the reasons is that the CS2 mole-

Variational Calculations for (ns2) 1Se, (np2) 1De and (nd2) 1Ge Resonance States for He Isoelectronic Sequences below the n = 2, 3 and 4 Hydrogenic Thresholds

This work presents results of the different parameters which characterize the nonrelativistic Hamilton operator for the helium atoms allowing us to solve the Schrödinger equation. The total energy is decomposed into three terms allowing to separate the kinetic energy, the electrons-nucleus interaction energy and the electron-electron interaction energy of the (2s2, 3s2 and 4s2) 1Se, (2p2, 3p2 and 4p2) 1De and (3d2 and 4d2) 1Ge resonance singlet states of the helium isoelectronic sequences. The states have been defined by using special forms of the Hylleraas type wave functions. The calculations have been carried out in the framework of the variational method using configuration interaction basis states with a real Hamiltonian. The agreement of the energy value of other states between the present theoretical values available in the literature is excellent. But as for the comparison of the kinetic energies, the electrons-nucleus energies interaction and the electron-electron interaction energies, we note a slight difference with the theoretical values common in literature.

Saturation effects on Ba 6phi （l=0, 2） and 6pnk （｜M｜= 0, 1） autoionization spectra

Using a three-step laser saturation excitation technique, the saturation effects on the Ba 6pns （J = 1） and 6pad （J = 1, 3） autoionization spectra are observed systemically in zero field. These saturation spectra are introduced to determine the high n members of 6pnl （l = 0, 2） autoionizing series and are used to analyse the channel interactions among the autoionizing series in zero field. Furthermore, the saturation excitation technique is applied to the electric field case, in which the saturation spectra of Ba 6pnk （｜M｜= 0, 1） autoionizing Stark states are measured. Most of these saturation spectra are observed for the first time so far as we know, which indicate the mixing of the autoionizing states in the electric fields.

Autoionization spectra of Sm atom

Spectra of autoionizing states of the Sm atom in an energy region between 45948.9 cm^-1 and 46943.6 cm^-1 are systematically investigated by a three-color multi-step resonant excitation scheme with three different excitation paths.The three intermediate states,4f 66s7s 7F3,4f 66s7s 7F4,and 4f 66s7s 9F5 are employed for the three paths,respectively.Based on precise calibration of wavelength,the level energies of 112 autoionizing states are determined with the line widths and the relative line intensities of the related transitions.The possible influence of configuration interaction on the line shape of autoionizing state is also discussed.In addition,a unique value of J,the total angular momentum,is assigned to all detected states by comparing the three spectra obtained with the different excitation paths.

Modified atomic orbital theory applied to the calculation of high-lying ₂(K,T)_n^±1,3P°rydberg series of he-like ions

The 2(1,0)n-1P°, 2(1,0)n +3P°, 2(0,1)n+1P°, and 2(0,1)n-3P° intershell Rydberg series of the helium-like ions are investigated in the framework of the modified Atomic Orbital Theory (MAOT). High-lying energy resonances of He and excitation energy of the he- lium-like Li+ up to n = 10 are tabulated. In addition, total energy positions for low-lying states (n1,3P° autoionizing states of two-electron systems.

Investigation of odd-parity Rydberg states of Eu I with autoionization detection

Isolated-core-excitation （ICE） scheme and autoionization detection are employed to study the bound Rydberg states of europium atom. The high-lying states with odd parity have been measured using the autoionization detection method with three different excitation paths via 4f76s6p[8Ph/2], 4f76s6p[8P7/2] and 4f76s6p[SP9/2] intermediate states, respectively. In this paper the spectra of bound Rydberg states of Eu atom are reported, which cover the energy regions from 36000 cm-1 to 38250 cm-1 and from 38900 cm-1 to 39500 cm-1. The study provides the information about level energy, the possible J values and relative line intensity as well as the effective principal quantum number n＊ for these states. This work not only confirms the previous results of many states, but also discovers 11 new Rydberg states of Eu atom.

The chaotic property in the autoionization of Rydberg lithium atom

This paper presents theoretical computations of the ionization rate of Rydberg lithium atom above the classical ionization threshold using semiclassical approximation. The yielded random pulse trains of the escape electrons are recorded as a function of emission time such that they can be related to the terms of the recurrence periods of the photoabsorption. This fact illustrates that it is ionic core scattering processes which give rise to chaos in autoionization dynamics and this is verified by comparison of our results with the hydrogen atom situation. In order to reveal the chaotic properties in detail, the sensitive dependence of the ionization rate upon the scaled energy is discussed for different scaled energies. This approach provides a simple explanation for the chaotic character in autoionization decay of Rydberg alkali-metal atoms.

Investigation of autoionization spectra of Sm atoms using an isolated-core excitation method

Using the isolated-core-excitation scheme and three-step laser resonance ionization spectroscopy approach, this paper, for the first time, has systematically investigated the autoionization spectra of atomic Sm, belonging to the 4f^6 6pn/ and 4f^5 5d6sn/ （l = 0,2） configurations. In the experiment, the first two tunable dye lasers are employed to excite the Sm atom from its initial state to the different 4f^6 6sn/ bound Rydberg states, then the third dye laser is scanned to drive the atom to the doubly-excited autoionizing states. With the above excitation scheme, the measured transition profiles of the autoionizing states are nearly symmetric, from which the level energies and widths can be easily obtained.

Molecular Frame Photoemission： Probe of the Photoionization Dynamics for Molecules in the Gas Phase

Molecular frame photoemission is a very sensitive probe of the photoionization （PI） dynamics of molecules. This paper reports a comparative study of non-resonant and resonant photoionization of D2 induced by VUV circularly polarized synchrotron radiation at SOLEIL at the level of the molecular frame photoelectron angular distributions （MFPADs）. We use the vector correlation method which combines imaging and time-of-flight resolved electron-ion coincidence techniques, and a generalized formalism for the expression of the Ⅰ（χ, θe, Фe） MFPADs, where χ is the orientation of the molecular axis with respect to the light quantization axis and （θe, Фe） the electron emission direction in the molecular frame. Selected MFPADs for a molecule aligned parallel or perpendicular to linearly polarized light, or perpendicular to the propagation axis of circularly polarized light, are presented for dissociative photoionization （DPI） of D2 at two photon excitation energies, hv=19 eV, where direct PI is the only channel opened, and hv=32.5 eV, i.e. in the region involving resonant excitation of Q1 and Q2 doubly excited state series. We discuss in particular the properties of the circular dichroism characterizing photoemission in the molecular frame for direct and resonant PI. In the latter case, a remarkable behavior is observed which may be attributed to the interference occurring between undistinguishable autoionization decay channels.