Relative intensities in photoelectron spectroscopy of atoms and molecules

Abstract

The relative intensities of photoelectron lines is discussed. The relationship of observed intensities to angle of observation is considered as are the errors introduced by ignoring the fact that different lines may have different angular distributions. Tables of theoretical results for the angular distribution asymmetry parameter, β, are presented for incident Al Kα, Mg Kα, and Zr Mζ radiation for all atomic ground state subshells of non-zero angular momentum. The application of these results to molecules is discussed.