High Resolution Core Valence Valence Auger Electron Specroscopy on Free Molecules

Abstract

Recent experimental results from Core Valence Valence (CVV) Auger electron spectroscopy on free molecules are discussed. The practical use of calculated potential curves for the dicationic final states is illustrated using the NO molecule as an example. The assignment of the CVV spectra to get experimental potential curves for the dicationic states of diatomic molecules is reviewed. The spin-orbit splitting of the initial core hole state in the Auger process is discussed and is related to the molecular field splitting of the Core levels. The importance of making monochromatized photon-impact experiments in order to study the high energy satellites is underlined. The Auger shake-up satellite spectrum of the N2 molecule is discussed as an example and it is found that the participator transitions dominate this spectrum.