Abstract
The effect of vibrational averaging on the photoionization cross section and photoelectron asymmetry parameter for photoionization of C leading to the state of C has been studied. We have computed the photoionization continuum wave function in the frozen-core Hartree-Fock approximation using the iterative Schwinger variational method. Averaging over the symmetric stretching mode of C reduced the peak resonant cross section by about 15%. This is in contrast to the earlier published results using the continuum multiple-scattering method where a much larger reduction in the peak cross section was obtained. A similar difference between these two theoretical methods was seen in their predicted asymmetry parameters. The present results have also been compared to available experimental data.
- Received 5 October 1981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.26.1992
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