Postcollision-interaction effects in HCl following photofragmentation near the chlorine K edge

Ion time-of-flight mass spectroscopy was used to study the relaxation dynamics of HCl following photoexcitation in the vicinity of the Cl K threshold ({approx}2.8 keV). Detailed observations of molecular fragmentation mediated by postcollision interaction between a photoelectron and an Auger electron are presented, evidenced by the recapture of Cl K photoelectrons by either Cl{sup n+} or H{sup +} dissociation fragments. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}