Abstract
Recently measured photoelectron spectra of the Na(3)O(-) anion have been interpreted with the aid of ab initio electron propagator calculations. As in the case of the Li(3)O(-), we propose that the photoionization of ground and excited neutral states, in a sequential two photon absorption mechanism, plays a role in the interpretation of the observed spectrum. The lowest vertical electron detachment energy of Na(3)O(-) corresponds to a Dyson orbital that is composed chiefly of diffuse Na s functions and connects a D(3h) singlet anion to an uncharged species with the same point group. Electron binding energies of isomers of the anion with different point groups or multiplicities have been considered. The relative magnitudes of the ionization energies of the neutral Li(3)O and Na(3)O species are also discussed. Whereas the most recent experimental data hold that Na(3)O has the higher ionization energy, this work asserts the opposite trend.
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