Measurements of photoelectron angular distributions between the 2P3/2,1/2 states of Kr+ and Xe+ using a new magnetic angle-changing technique

The electronic structures of the tungsten borides WB, W2B and W2B5 were studied experimentally and theoretically. Using monochromatic synchrotron radiation as the excitation source, soft X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopic techniques were employed to probe the occupied and unoccupied states of the valence band, respectively. The linear muffin-tin orbital method was used to calculate the ground state electronic properties of these compounds. The experimental spectroscopic data and the calculated angular momentum- and site-projected densities of states yielded new useful information regarding bonding and hybridization in these materials.