Nature of the Resonant 6-eV Satellite in Ni: Photoelectron Spin-Polarization Analysis

R. Clauberg; W. Gudat; E. Kisker; E. Kuhlmann; G. M. Rothberg

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.1314

Nature of the Resonant 6-eV Satellite in Ni: Photoelectron Spin-Polarization Analysis

R. Clauberg, W. Gudat, E. Kisker, E. Kuhlmann, and G. M. Rothberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 1314 – Published 2 November 1981

Abstract

Spin-polarized, energy-resolved photoemission using monochromatized synchrotron radiation shows that the 6-eV satellite of Ni is highly spin polarized near to the $3 p - 3 d$ excitation threshold ( $h ν \approx 65$ eV). This observation proves the validity of the model involving $M_{2, 3} M_{4, 5} M_{4, 5}$ Auger transitions with final localized two-hole bound states and rules out explanations within a one-electron band picture.

Received 29 June 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.1314

Authors & Affiliations

R. Clauberg^*, W. Gudat^*, E. Kisker^*, E. Kuhlmann^†, and G. M. Rothberg^‡

Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France

^*Permanent address: Institut für Festkörperforschung, Kernforschungsanlage Jülich, Postfach 1913, D-5170 Jülich, Federal Republic of Germany.
^†Present address: AEG Telefunken, D-7150 Backnang, Federal Republic of Germany.
^‡Permanent address: Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point Station, Hoboken, N.J. 07030.