ZERO-KINETIC-ENERGY PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTRUM OF CARBON-DIOXIDE

The zero-kinetic-energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectrum of carbon dioxid e has been measured between 111 000 and 112 000 cm-1 at a resolution o f 1.5 cm-1 using a coherent source of XUV radiation based on four-wave mixing in krypton. The spectrum consists of six bands corresponding t o transitions from the ground X1SIGMA(g)+(v1, v2, v3 = 000) state of t he neutral to the two spin-orbit components of the (000) vibrational l evel and the four Renner-Teller states associated with the (010) vibra tional level of the ground electronic state (X2PI(g)) of the ion. The analysis of the partially resolved rotational structure of the various bands leads to a detailed picture of the photoionization process. The propensity rules for angular momentum transfer during photoionization are strongly dependent on the symmetry (2PI(g,3/2), 2PI(g,1/2), 2DELT A(u,5/2), 2DELTA(u,3/2), 2SIGMA(u)+, and 2SIGMA(u)-) of the different ionic states probed and on the Hund's coupling case they follow [case (a) for the PI and DELTA states and case (b) for the SIGMA states]. A comparison of the experimental ZEKE line intensities with theoretical predictions and conventional photoelectron spectra reveals a series of anomalies which are discussed in terms of final state interactions. T he ionization potential of CO2 is estimated to be 111 111.0 +/- 3 cm-1 somewhat lower than the value of 111 121 +/- 2 cm-1 determined from e xtrapolation of the Rydberg series by Cossart-Magos et al. [Mol. Phys. 61, 1077 (1987)].