PHOTOIONIZATION DYNAMICS FROM INNER SHELL MASS SPECTROMETRY

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

  • Scope of this Review

  • Related Techniques

  • Inner Shell Molecular Photofragmentation

• Experimental Methods

• Modes of Operation of a Photoionization Coincidence Spectrometer

  • Total Yield Spectroscopy

  • Symmetry Resolved Ion Yield Spectroscopy

  • Mass Spectroscopy

    • Pulse Extraction TOF

    • High Field PEPICO

    • Low Field PEPICO

  • Correlated Ion Signals — PIPICO, PEPIPICO and PE3PICO

• Deducing Fragmentation Kinematics from Ion Flight Time Peak Shapes

  • Theory

    • Two-Body Dissociation

    • Three-Body Dissociation

    • Four-Body Dissociation

  • An Example — Ion Pair Peak Shapes of P 2p Ionized PF₃

• Highlights of Recent Studies

  • Mass Spectra and Partial Ion Yield Spectroscopy

  • Photoabsorption and Partial Photoionization Yield Spectroscopy

  • Other Examples of Inner Shell Photoionization-Dynamics Studies

    • Position Sensitive Ion Detection

    • State-Selective Fragmentation

    • Fixed-in-Space Molecules

    • Vibrationally Resolved Photofragmentation

    • Complete Determination of Dissociation Channels for Polyatomic Molecules

• Summary

• Acknowledgments

• References