Atomic and Molecular Photoabsorption: Absolute Partial Cross Sections

Atomic and Molecular Photoabsorption: Partial Cross Sections is a companion work to Joseph Berkowitz's earlier work, Atomic and Molecular Photoabsorption: Absolute Total Cross Sections, published with Academic Press in 2002.

In this work Joseph Berkowitz selected the "best" absolute partial cross sections for the same species as included in the companion work. A contrast, however, is that photoabsorption measurements, being of order I/Io, do not require the most intense light sources, whereas acquiring data on the products of light interactions with gaseous matter (ions, electrons, various coincidence measurements) has benefited significantly with the arrival of second- and third-generation synchrotrons. The newer devices have also extended the energy range of the light sources to include the K-shells of the species discussed here. The newer light sources encouraged experimentalists to develop improved instrumentation. Thus, the determination of partial cross sections continues to be an active field, with more recent results in some cases superseding earlier ones.

Where the accuracy of the absolute partial cross sections is deemed sufficient (less than five percent), numerical tables are included in this new work. In other cases, the available data are presented graphically.

Includes data on atoms, diatomic molecules, triatomic molecules, and polyatomic moleculesWritten by world-leading pioneer in the field of photoionization mass spectrometryVery clear presentation of the useful, quantitative information in both tables and graphs

Atomic and Molecular Photoabsorption, 1st Edition

• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Chapter 1. Alternative Designations of Absolute Partial Cross Sections
  • 1.1. The So-Called Complete, or Perfect, Experiment
  • 1.2. Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory (MQDT)
  • 1.3. The Molecular Orbital Picture; One-Hole Ionized States from Each Orbital
  • 1.4. Ionization Cross-Sections Can Also Be Partitioned According to their Final Ionic State
• Chapter 2. Atoms
  • Chapter 2.1. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Helium
  • Chapter 2.2. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Atomic Lithium
  • Chapter 2.3. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Atomic Nitrogen
  • Chapter 2.4. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Atomic Oxygen
  • Chapter 2.5. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Neon
  • Chapter 2.6. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Sodium
  • Chapter 2.7. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Atomic Chlorine
  • Chapter 2.8. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Argon
• Chapter 3. Diatomic Molecules
  • Chapter 3.1. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of H2
  • Chapter 3.2. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of N2
  • Chapter 3.3. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Molecular Oxygen
  • Chapter 3.4. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Carbon Monoxide
  • Chapter 3.5. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of NO
  • Chapter 3.6. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of HCl
• Chapter 4. Triatomic Molecules
  • Chapter 4.1. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of H2O
  • Chapter 4.2. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of CO2
  • Chapter 4.3. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of N2O
  • Chapter 4.4. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of NO2
  • Chapter 4.5. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of H2S
  • Chapter 4.6. Absolute Partial Photoionization Cross-Sections of SO2
  • Chapter 4.7. Absolute Partial Photoionization Cross-Sections of Ozone
• Chapter 5. Polyatomic Molecules
  • Chapter 5.1. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of NH3
  • Chapter 5.2. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of CH4
  • Chapter 5.3. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Acetylene (C2H2)
  • Chapter 5.4. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Ethylene (C2H4)
  • Chapter 5.5. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Ethane (C2H6)
  • Chapter 5.6. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of Methanol (CH3OH)
  • Chapter 5.7. Absolute Partial Cross-Sections of SiH4
• Index