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Title: Electron vacancy-level dependent hybrid photoionization of the F − @ C60+ molecule: a novel effect
Abstract Our previous studies (Shields et al 2020 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 53 125101; Shields et al 2020 Euro. Phys. J. D 74 191) have predicted that the atom-fullerene hybrid photoionization properties for X = Cl, Br and I endohedrally confined in C 60 are different before and after an electron transfers from C 60 to the halogen. It was further found as a rule that the ionization dynamics is insensitive to the C 60 level the electron originates from to produce X − @ C 60 + . In the current study, we report an exception to this rule in F@C 60 . It is found that when the electron vacancy is situated in the C 60 level that participates in the hybridization in F − @ C 60 + , the mixing becomes dramatically large leading to strong modifications in the photoionization of the hybrid levels. This novel effect is fundamentally based on a level-crossing phenomenon driven by the electron transfer in F@C 60 . But when the vacancy is at any other pure level of C 60 , the level-invariance is retained showing weak hybridization. Even though this case of F@C 60 is an exception in the halogen@C 60 series, the phenomenon can be more general and can occur with compounds of other atoms caged in a variety of fullerenes. Possible experimental studies are suggested to benchmark the present results.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2110318 1806206
PAR ID:
10331244
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume:
55
Issue:
4
ISSN:
0953-4075
Page Range / eLocation ID:
045101
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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