Intermolecular Coulombic Decay in Endohedral Fullerene at the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:mi>d</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:mi>f</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> Resonance
Razib Obaid, Hui Xiong, Sven Augustin, Kirsten Schnorr, U. Ablikim, Andrea Battistoni, Thomas Wolf, R. C. Bilodeau, T. Osipov, Kirill Gokhberg, Daniel Rolles, Aaron LaForge, N. Berrah
Abstract
Intermolecular processes offer unique decay mechanisms for complex systems to internally relax. Here, we report the observation of an intermolecular Coulombic decay channel in an endohedral fullerene, a holmium nitride complex (Ho_{3}N) embedded within a C_{80} fullerene, between neighboring holmium ions, and between the holmium complex and the carbon cage. By measuring the ions and the electrons in coincidence after XUV photoabsorption, we can isolate the different decay channels, which are found to be more prevalent relative to intra-atomic Auger decay.
Topics & Concepts
Endohedral fullereneFullereneHolmiumIntermolecular forceIonPhysicsAtomic physicsCrystallographyChemistryMoleculeOpticsQuantum mechanicsLaserDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchFullerene Chemistry and ApplicationsAtomic and Molecular Physics