The np sigma 1 Sigma(u)(+) and np pi (1)Pi(u) states in D-2 have been selectively excited using monoenergetic synchrotron light in the range of 13.97-15.84 eV and the subsequent dispersed emission to the EF (1)Sigma(g)(+) state was observed using a grating spectrometer. In total, 18 emission bands from the levels n = 3-6 were studied and rotationally analysed. The intensities of the P and R branches relative to the Q branch were found to vary strongly in the np pi (1)Pi(u)(+)-EF(1)Sigma(g)(+) bands indicating the existence of predissociations of np pi (1)Pi(u)(+) levels above the dissociation limit D(1s) + D(2l).

Photon-induced fluorescence spectroscopy has been used to study the fragmentation of the water molecule at the O 1s is edge. Fluorescence emission has been observed from the neutral fragments H, O and OH as well as from the ionic fragments O+ and OH+. The extracted fluorescence yields of the H Lyman-alpha emission and O 2p(3)(S-4)3p(P-3) -> 2p(3)(S-4)3s(S-3) transitions show the same structures as the total ion yield spectrum but with different relative intensities. The most intense fluorescence emission is restricted to the region of the core excitations, while above the O 1s ionization limit the signal is much weaker (in the case of H) or below the detection limit (O, OH and OH+). The fluorescence emission is concluded to follow from the following general cascade: the core-excited states decay by resonant Auger transitions, the final states reached undergo dissociation into ionic and neutral fragments, and fluorescence occurs from excited fragments. In the case of the OH (A(2)Sigma(+) -> X-2 Pi) emission, the decay of core-excited states through soft x-ray emission may also be responsible for the observed fluorescence.

Visible-UV fluorescence emission of gas-phase hydrogen sulfide, H2S, has been studied at the S 2p edge with synchrotron radiation excitation. Dispersed fluorescence measurements in the wavelength range 300 - 900 nm were taken at several photon energies corresponding to the excitations of the S 2p electrons to the unoccupied molecular and Rydberg orbitals. The spectra reveal fluorescence from the H, S, S+, HS and HS+ photo-fragments. H is found to be the strongest emitter at Rydberg excitations, while the emission from S+ is dominant at the molecular resonances and above the S 2p ionization thresholds. The intensities of hydrogen Lyman-alpha (122 nm), Balmer-alpha (656 nm), Balmer-beta (486 nm) transitions as well as the visible-UV total fluorescence yield (300 - 900 nm) and the total ion yield were measured by scanning the photon energy in small steps across the S 2p edge. The different Balmer lines show some sensitivity to the specific core excitations, which is, however, not so strong as that recently observed in the water molecule.