Dramatic response effects in the photoionization of the second-row hydrides: A time-dependent density functional investigation

Time dependent density functional study of the photoionization dynamics of SF6

The B-spline linear combination of atomic orbitals method has been employed to study the valence and core photoionization dynamics of SF6. The cross section and asymmetry parameter profiles calculated at the time dependent density functional theory level have been found to be in fairly nice agreement with the experimental data, with the quality of the exchange-correlation statistical average of orbital potential results superior to the Van Leeuwen-Baerends 94 (LB94) ones [Phys. Rev. A 49, 2421 (1994)]. The role of response effects has been identified by a comparison of the time dependent density functional theory results with the Kohn-Sham ones interchannel coupling effects and autoionization resonances play an important role at low kinetic energies. Prominent shape resonances features have been analyzed in terms of "dipole prepared" continuum orbitals and interpreted as due to a large angular momentum centrifugal barrier as well as anisotropic (nonspherical) molecular effective potential. Finally, the method has been proven numerically stable, robust, and efficient, thanks to a noniterative implementation of the time dependent density functional theory equations and suitability of the multicentric B-spline basis set to describe continuum states from outer valence to deep core states.

Theoretical study on the circular dichroism in core and valence photoelectron angular distributions of camphor enantiomers

In the present work the photoelectron circular dichroism of camphor has been theoretically studied using B-spline and continuum multiple scattering-Xalpha methods, and comparisons are made with available experimental data. In general, rather large dichroism effects have been found for both valence and core (O 1s, C 1s) photoionizations. The agreement between the two calculations reported here and previous experimental measurements for core C 1s data is essentially quantitative. For valence ionization satisfactory agreement between theory and experiment has been obtained and the discrepancies have been attributed to both exchange-correlation potential limitations and the absence of response effects in the adopted formalism. The calculations predict, moreover, important features in the cross-section profiles, which have been discussed in terms of dipole-prepared continuum orbitals.

Time-dependent density-functional theory for molecular photoionization with noniterative algorithm and multicenter B-spline basis set: CS2 and C6H6 case studies

In this work a new direct (noniterative) algorithm to solve the time-dependent density-functional theory equations for molecular photoionization has been proposed and implemented, using a multicentric basis set expansion of B-spline functions and complete exploiting of the molecular point-group symmetry. The method has been applied to study the photoionization dynamics of CS2 and C6H6: the results confirmed the expectation of large screening effects in CS2. For C6H6 the screening effects have been found to play a minor role than in CS2, however, also in this case the quality of the final results is definitely improved. The method has proven suitable to study with confidence molecules of medium size, and there is still room for further improvement working on more elaborate treatment of the exchange-correlation functional.

Theory of time-resolved photoelectron imaging. Comparison of a density functional with a time-dependent density functional approach

Time-resolved photoelectron differential cross sections are computed within a quantum dynamical theory that combines a formally exact solution of the nuclear dynamics with density functional theory (DFT)-based approximations of the electronic dynamics. Various observables of time-resolved photoelectron imaging techniques are computed at the Kohn-Sham and at the time-dependent DFT levels. Comparison of the results serves to assess the reliability of the former method and hence its usefulness as an economic approach for time-domain photoelectron cross section calculations, that is applicable to complex polyatomic systems. Analysis of the matrix elements that contain the electronic dynamics provides insight into a previously unexplored aspect of femtosecond-resolved photoelectron imaging.