On the interatomic Coulombic decay in the Ne dimer

S Scheit; V Averbukh; H-D Meyer; N Moiseyev; R Santra; T Sommerfeld; J Zobeley; L S Cederbaum

doi:10.1063/1.1794654

On the interatomic Coulombic decay in the Ne dimer

J Chem Phys. 2004 Nov 1;121(17):8393-8. doi: 10.1063/1.1794654.

Authors

S Scheit¹, V Averbukh, H-D Meyer, N Moiseyev, R Santra, T Sommerfeld, J Zobeley, L S Cederbaum

Affiliation

¹ Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Simona.Scheit@tc.pci.uni-heidelberg.de

PMID: 15511160
DOI: 10.1063/1.1794654

Abstract

The interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) in the Ne dimer is discussed in view of the recent experimental results. The ICD electron spectrum and the kinetic energy release of the Ne+ fragments resulting after Coulomb explosion of Ne2 (2+) are computed and compared to the measured ones. A very good agreement is found, confirming the dynamics predicted for this decay mechanism. The effect of the temperature on the electron spectrum is briefly investigated.