Angular distributions of photoelectrons from K-shells of a fixed-in-space CO molecule calculated by the multiple scattering Xα method

Angular distributions of photoelectrons from both C and O K-shells of a fixed-in-space CO molecule have been calculated using a continuum multiple scattering method with partially overlapping spheres. The calculations have been performed at several photon energies from the ionization thresholds up to about 30 eV above them, where the σ* shape resonances occur. Comparison with recently published experimental results (Motoki S et al 2000 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 33 4193) shows that this simple method gives a rather reliable description of the most sophisticated experimental data.