Outer-Shell Double Photoionization of CH4 and CH2Cl2 Molecules

Abstract In this work the roles of the shake-off and knockout processes in the double photoionization of the CH2Cl2 and CH4 molecules have been studied. The probabilities for both mechanisms accompanying valence-shell photoionization have been estimated as a function of incident photon energy using Samson's (1990) and Thomas's (1994) models, respectively. The experimental results are in qualitative accord with the models.