Resonant Auger decay of core-excited molecules during ultrafast dissociation leads to a Doppler shift of the emitted electrons depending on the direction of the electron emission relative to the dissociation axis. We have investigated this process by angle-resolved electron-fragment ion coincidence spectroscopy. Electron energy spectra for selected emission angles for the electron relative to t...

A new method, Auger electron spectroscopy, is applied to the study of excited states of doubly ionized molecules. The energies of Auger electrons determine directly the vertical energies of doubly ionized states, because the single Auger process leaves the molecule in a state of double ionization. We have investigated the states of N22+ via the K Auger spectrum of N2 • The ionization in the K s...

Auger electrm specm and Auger yields of free argon clusm in the I\I('Zp) excitation regime are reported. The Auger yield specua show chmcmistic changes as a function of cluster size. The results indicafe that the Auger yield signal originates primarily i%om the surface of the clusm. The results are compared to bulk-sensitive experimental techniques, such as tMal elecucm yields my), zero kinetic...

High resolution Auger-electron spectroscopy has been applied to the interaction of swift heavy ions with atomically clean metallic solids. Spectra have been taken for fast projectile electrons and for charge-state equilibrated ions at normal incidence on micro crystalline beryllium samples, Al(100) single crystals and several metallic glasses (Al87La7Ni5Zr1, Ni78B14Si8, Co66Si16B12Fe4Mo2). From...

We present an Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) study of the adsorption of nitric oxide (NO) on a dean Si(100)2 × 1 surface at 300 and 550 K. Accurate measurements reveal wall resolved fine structure at Auger Si L2.3 w transitions at 62 and 83 eV. These peaks can be attributed to Si-O and Si-N bonds. Furthermore, it is argued that the broadening in the SiLi2,~W Auger transition at 83 eV at 300 ...