Soft X-rays (90-173 eV) from the 3 rd generation Canadian Light Source have been used in conjunction with a multi coincidence time and position sensitive detection apparatus to observe the dissociative ionization of OCS. By varying the X-ray energy we can compare dynamics from direct and Auger ionization processes, and access ionization channels which result in two or three body breakup, from 2+ to 4+ ionization states. We make several new observations for the 3+ state such as kinetic energy release limited by photon energy, and using Dalitz plots we can see evidence of timescale effects between the direct and Auger ionization process for the first time. Finally, using Dalitz plots for OCS 4+ we observe for the first time that breakup involving an O 2+ ion can only proceed from out of equilibrium nuclear arrangement for S(2p) Auger ionization.
The two-photon positron annihilation density matrix is found to separate into
a diagonal center of energy factor implying maximally entangled momenta, and a
relative factor describing decay. For unknown positron injection time, the
distribution of the difference in photon arrival times is a double exponential
at the para-Ps decay rate, consistent with experiment (V. D. Irby, Meas. Sci.
Technol. 15, 1799 (2004)).Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
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