# Asymptotic behavior of photoionization cross section in a central field. Ionization of the $p$ states

## TL;DR

This paper investigates the high-energy asymptotic behavior of photoionization cross sections for p-states in systems bound by a central potential, revealing how the potential's analytical properties influence the energy dependence of ionization probabilities.

## Contribution

It extends previous studies by deriving asymptotics for p-states without solving wave equations, linking cross section behavior to the potential's Fourier transform and its singularities.

## Key findings

- Cross sections decrease as a power law for potentials with real-axis singularities.
- Cross sections decrease exponentially for potentials with complex-plane poles.
- Energy ratios of s and p state ionization cross sections depend on the potential's properties.

## Abstract

We continue our studies of the high energy nonrelativistic asymptotics for the photoionization cross section of the systems bound by a central field $V(r)$. We consider the bound states with the orbital momentum $\ell=1$. We show, that as well as for the $s$ states the asymptotics can be obtained without solving of the wave equations for the bound and outgoing electrons. The asymptotics of the cross sections is expressed in terms of the asymptotics of the Fourier transform $V(p)$ of the field and its derivative $V'(p)$ by employing the Lippmann--Schwinger equation. The shape of the energy dependence of the cross sections is determined by the analytical properties of the potential $V(r)$. The cross sections exhibit power drop with the increase of the photon energy for the potentials $V(r)$ which have singularities on the real axis. They experience exponential drop if $V(r)$ has poles in the complex plane. We trace the energy dependence of the ratios of the photoionization cross sections for $s$ and $p$ electrons from the states with the same principle quantum number. We apply the results to the physics of fullerenes.