https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2016-60673-0
Regular Article
Photoelectron and threshold photoelectron valence spectra of pyridine*
1
Department of Control and Power EngineeringFaculty of Ocean Engineering and
Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233
Gdansk, Poland
2
Canadian Light Source Inc., 44 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon SK
S7N 2V3, Canada
3
Radiation Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of
Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, 46556,
IN,
USA
4
Department of Physical Sciences, The Open
University, Walton
Hall, Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA,
UK
a
e-mail:
smialek@pg.gda.pl
Received: 26 November 2015
Received in final form: 22 December 2015
Published online: 25 February 2016
The pyridine molecule has been examined by the means of photoelectron and threshold photoelectron spectroscopies. Ionization energies were determined for both outer and inner valence orbitals and new adiabatic values were also resolved. Vibronic structure associated with several states was assigned mainly to be due to C–C stretches and ring bends. Additionally a Rydberg state converging to 7b2 state was ascribed. The data shown here are in a good agreement with previous results and brings some new insights into the electronic structure of this biologically and astrochemically relevant and important molecule.
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