Reply to "Dynamics of core-hole decay in adsorbates"

Abstract

First, arguments are given that, at least in the case of strongly coupled adsorbates, a fast electronic rearrangement occurs between the primary excitation step (resonant x-ray absorption or x-ray-photoemission process) and core-hole decay such that the decay starts from a fully relaxed neutral core-hole state, independently of the primary excitation process. Second, the highest-kinetic-energy peak of the Auger spectrum of weakly coupled CO on Cu is still believed to belong to a 5${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$ final state resulting from a weakly screened initial state, rather than to a ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}_{\mathit{M}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}2}$ final state as has been suggested by Ohno.