Xe@C$_{60}$: A ``melting pot'' of multiple photo-effects

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Abstract

Considering a Xe atom endohedrally confined in C$_{60}$, we calculate the photoionization cross section of all the subshells of the compound. Calculations are performed by a time-dependent density functional method that includes important correlations [1]. Multiple effects characteristic to the endohedral photo response are found to coexist in the spectrum. The low energy cross section of Xe 5p is found to draw substantial oscillator strength from the plasmon active C$_{60}$ channels. But the high energy 5p cross section exhibits simple confinement oscillations as in the Xe innershell cross sections. Xe 5s and C$_{60}$ 2s hybridize to yield two novel states of mixed atom-fullerene character whose cross sections show very rich structures. Over the Xe 4d giant resonance region the 4d channel dominates and transfers its own oscillations to other weaker atomic channels. Finally, the cross sections of the intermediate angular momentum C$_{60}$ states greatly modify from the interplay of the central Coulomb and the centrifugal barrier potentials. [1] Madjet et al., J. Phys. B \textbf{41}, 105101 (2008).

*The work is funded by the NSF.

Authors

  • Himadri Chakraborty

    • Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO 64468
    • Northwest Missouri State, Maryville, MO 64468
  • Mohamed Madjet

    • Free University, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Thomas Renger

    • Free University, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Jan-Michael Rost

    • MPIPKS, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
  • Steve Manson

    • Georgia State University
    • Georgia State university, USA
    • Georgia State, Atlanta, GA 30303