Electric-Dipole–Quadrupole Interference of Overlapping Autoionizing Levels in Photoelectron Energy Spectra

We have measured the photon energy dependence of electric-dipole{endash}quadrupole interference in cadmium between the odd parity 4d{sup 9}5s{sup 2}5p J=1 and even parity 5p6p {sup 3} P{sub 2} autoionizing levels. The resonant interference structure is isolated by taking the difference between constant ionic state spectra at 45{degree} with respect to the photon beam in the forward and backward directions. We find interference effects that are approximately 0.5{percent} of the dipole cross section for photon energies of 13thinspeV, in good agreement with theory. We compare the results with those from (e,thinsp2e) experiments. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society }