Angular Dependence of the Spin-Polarization Transfer from Circularly Polarized Synchrotron Radiation onto Photoelectrons from Atomic Xe5p6

Abstract
The photoelectron emission from atomic xenon has been simultaneously resolved with respect to photon energy, photon (circular) polarization, photoelectron emission angle, electron kinetic energy, and spin-polarization components by use of synchrotron radiation of wavelengths between 48 and 90 nm from the new dedicated electron storage ring BESSY. The angular dependence of the spin polarization and the energy dependence of the dynamical spin parameters experimentally obtained show good agreement with theoretical predictions.