clusters generated in a supersonic expansion source with were core ionized by synchrotron radiation, giving rise to core-level photoelectron and Auger electron spectra (AES), free from charging effects. The AES is interpreted as being intermediate between the molecular and solid water spectra showing broadened bands as well as a significant shoulder at high kinetic energy. Qualitative considerations as well as ab initio calculations explain this shoulder to be due to delocalized final states in which the two valence holes are mostly located at different water molecules. The ab initio calculations show that valence hole configurations with both valence holes at the core-ionized water molecule are admixed to these final states and give rise to their intensity in the AES. Density-functional investigations of model systems for the doubly ionized final states—the water dimer and a water cluster—were performed to analyze the localization of the two valence holes in the electronic ground states. Whereas these holes are preferentially located at the same water molecule in the dimer, they are delocalized in the cluster showing a preference of the holes for surface molecules. The calculated double-ionization potential of the cluster is in reasonable agreement with the low-energy limit of the delocalized hole shoulder in the AES.
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1 August 2005
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August 08 2005
The electronic structure of free water clusters probed by Auger electron spectroscopy
G. Öhrwall;
G. Öhrwall
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L. Ojamäe;
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M. Lundwall;
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L. J. Sæthre;
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G. Öhrwall
a)
R. F. Fink
M. Tchaplyguine
L. Ojamäe
M. Lundwall
R. R. T. Marinho
A. Naves de Brito
S. L. Sorensen
M. Gisselbrecht
b)
R. Feifel
c)
T. Rander
A. Lindblad
J. Schulz
L. J. Sæthre
N. Mårtensson
S. Svensson
O. Björneholm
Department of Physics,
Uppsala University
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; [email protected]
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Present address: LIXAM, Bat 350, Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay, France.
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Present address: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX13QZ, United Kingdom.
J. Chem. Phys. 123, 054310 (2005)
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Received:
April 01 2005
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June 07 2005
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G. Öhrwall, R. F. Fink, M. Tchaplyguine, L. Ojamäe, M. Lundwall, R. R. T. Marinho, A. Naves de Brito, S. L. Sorensen, M. Gisselbrecht, R. Feifel, T. Rander, A. Lindblad, J. Schulz, L. J. Sæthre, N. Mårtensson, S. Svensson, O. Björneholm; The electronic structure of free water clusters probed by Auger electron spectroscopy. J. Chem. Phys. 1 August 2005; 123 (5): 054310. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1989319
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