Visualize the vibronic coupling in Auger final states in N2 molecule.

Vibronic coupling is a critical mechanism in chemical reactions. However, its quantitative evaluation is challenging due to mathematical complexity and programming difficulty, and its experimental proof is often elusive due to overlap among neighboring states. Here, after exciting a vibrational level (ν = 0, 1, 2) of the intermediate N 1s→πg* core-excited state in N2 molecules, we separate the resonant Auger decay channels that lead to the lowest dissociation limit in the two-dimensional energy correlation maps. From three kinetic energy release spectra of these channels at different vibrational quantum numbers, we give the first experimental proof of the vibronic coupling between two resonant Auger final states 12Πg and 22Πg.

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