Spin polarization transfer in the resonant Auger decay following Kr 3d ¹5p photoexcitation

Abstract

Spin polarization of the resonant Auger electrons is measured following the decay of Kr 3d −1 5p states resonantly excited by circularly polarized light. A large polarization transfer is found in particular for all strong transitions to the 4s −1 4p −1 5p and 4s −2 5p states. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with calculations carried out by means of the multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock method.

Auger decay following 1s to 3p resonant excitation in sodium atoms

“…Angular distribution of the resonant Auger electrons was studied, for example, in [3,[15][16][17][18] and spin polarization e.g. in [19,20]. Recently, the resonant Auger effect has also been studied in intense x-ray fields, see e.g.…”