Giant enhancement in low energy photoemission of ar confined in C60

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Dec 14;99(24):243003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.243003. Epub 2007 Dec 11.

Abstract

Considering an Ar atom endohedrally sequestered in C60, a phenomenal increase in the photoionization cross section of the confined atom through the dominant outer 3p channel is predicted. The effect occurs owing to a powerful dynamical coherent interchannel coupling between the atomic and the cage ionization channels which redirects the bulk of oscillator strength from the giant surface plasmon to the atomic ionization.