Photoionization of the excited He atom in Debye plasmas

Abstract

We present theoretical photoionization cross sections for He 1s2s 1S and He 1s2p 1P states in a Debye plasma environment by the complex coordinate rotation method, using a finite L 2 basis set constructed from one electron Laguerre orbitals. The plasma environment is found to appreciably influence the photoionization cross sections near the ionization threshold. In this regard, the photoionization cross sections of isolated He are compared with other theoretical and experimental results. Our results are in good agreement with the previous results. A new minimum appears in the photoionization cross section curve for the metastable 1s2s 1S state. Results are given for the S- and D-wave partial photoionization for the excited 1s2p 1P state.