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Evidence for replicate 5p core levels in photoelectron spectra of Eu metal due to nonconstant kinetic-energy resonant Auger decay
Physical Review B
  • S. Haffner, Iowa State University
  • C. G. Olson, Iowa State University
  • David W. Lynch, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-1999
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.60.16346
Abstract
Satellites on the low-binding-energy side of core-level photoelectron emission due to extra 4f screening are a well-known feature in the x-ray photoelectron spectra of valence fluctuation materials and rare-earth metals. A notable exception is Eu metal, where up to now no low-binding-energy satellite has been observed. In this paper we show that in Eu metal the 4d−4f resonance can decay via a resonant Auger decay, which is not a constant kinetic-energy feature due to a rapid change of the strength of 4f screening with excitation energy, establishing a low-binding-energy replica of the 5p core-level photoelectron emission.
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This article is from Physical Review B 60 (1999): 16346, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.60.16346. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
The American Physical Society
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
S. Haffner, C. G. Olson and David W. Lynch. "Evidence for replicate 5p core levels in photoelectron spectra of Eu metal due to nonconstant kinetic-energy resonant Auger decay" Physical Review B Vol. 60 Iss. 24 (1999) p. 16346 - 16349
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_lynch1/39/