Auger Spectra of K+ L23 Excitations in Potassium Halides

• The L23M23M23 Auger spectra of K+ L23 excitation in potassium halides are measured using photon excitation with different energies in the region of the K+ L23 absorption edge (around 300 eV). It is shown that the screening of the two 3p holes caused by the collapsed 3d electron of the K+ L23 exciton leads to a considerable shift (by about (6÷7) eV) of the K+ L23M23M23 Auger bands to higher energies. Only the low-energy component of the crystal-field-split K+ 3d orbital forms a genuine bound state with 2p holes, whereas its high-energy component lies in the conduction band continuum and behaves like a shape resonance.

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