Low-energy photoelectron dynamics in Kr3d5/2photoionization followed by Auger decay

Abstract

The effects induced during the process of inner-shell photoionization followed by Auger decay are investigated for the photoionization of Kr $3{d}_{5/2}$ in an extremely low photoelectron energy regime. Both the photoelectron energy and relative angular distributions are calculated with a recently developed quantum-mechanical method where all the Coulomb interactions between each pair of particles are fully considered. The photoelectron energy distribution is asymmetric with respect to the initial photoelectron energy, and its peak shifts to a lower energy. As the absorbed photon energy is reduced, the peak of the photoelectron energy distribution moves to the negative energy range. As a manifestation of these dynamics, peak structures are observed in the relative angular distribution. We also simulate the process with a classical-trajectory Monte Carlo method, obtaining similar results to the quantum-mechanical ones.