Single, double, and triple photoionization of Ne + ions by single photons have been investigated at the synchrotron radiation source PETRA III in Hamburg, Germany. Absolute cross-sections were measured by employing the photon-ion merged-beams technique. Photon energies were between about 840 and 930 eV, covering the range from the lowest-energy resonances associated with the excitation of one single K-shell electron up to double excitations involving one K-and one L-shell electron, well beyond the K-shell ionization threshold. Also, photoionization of neutral Ne was investigated just below the K edge. The chosen photon energy bandwidths were between 32 and 500 meV, facilitating the determination of natural line widths. The uncertainty of the energy scale is estimated to be 0.2 eV. For comparison with existing theoretical calculations, astrophysically relevant photoabsorption cross-sections were inferred by summing the measured partial ionization channels. Discussion of the observed resonances in the different final ionization channels reveals the presence of complex Auger-decay mechanisms. The ejection of three electrons from the lowest K-shell-excited Ne + ( s s p 1 2 2 S 2 6 2 1 2 ) level, for example, requires cooperative interaction of at least four electrons.

Abstract.The photon-ion merged-beams technique has been employed at the new PhotonIon spectrometer at PETRA III (PIPE) for measuring multiple photoionization of Xe Absolute cross sections for 3d photoionization of Xe q+ ions (1 ≤ q ≤ 5) 2

Single, double, and triple ionization of C(1+) ions by single photons is investigated in the energy range of 286-326 eV, i.e., in the range from the lowest-energy K-vacancy resonances to well beyond the K-shell ionization threshold. Clear signatures of C(1+)(1s2s(2)2p(2) (2)D,(2)P) resonances are found in the triple-ionization channel. The only possible mechanism producing C(4+)(1s(2)) via these resonances is direct triple-Auger decay, i.e., a four-electron process with simultaneous emission of three electrons.

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Abstract.A crossed-beams setup was used to measure cross sections for electron-impact single and double ionization of W 17+ ions. Absolute data and high-resolution scan spectra were obtained at collision energies ranging from threshold up to 1000 eV. Comparison of the experimental results with theoretical calculations for direct ionization suggests substantial contributions of excitation-autoionization processes to electron-impact single ionization of W 17+ .