Theoretical study on Ne 1s photoionization and corresponding Auger decay processes

Abstract

In this paper, the Ne 1s photoelectron spectrum and the corresponding Auger decay processes have been investigated theoretically by using the GRASP92, RATIP and the recently developed RERR06 codes based on the multi-configuration Dirac-Fock method. Good overall agreement was found between the present calculations and the previous theoretical and experimental results. By analyzing the Auger decay processes of the photoionization satellite state Ne+1s-12p-1（1,3Ｐ）3p, it was found that the spectator Auger decay is the dominant decay mode and the Auger intensity of the Ne+1s-12p-1（1Ｐ）3p is greater than that of the Ne+1s-12p-1（3Ｐ）3p as a whole. Meanwhile, the relative populations of the final ions Ne+, Ne2+and Ne3+produced by the photoionization satellite state Ne+1s-12p-1（1,3Ｐ）3p were predicted to be 0.02, 0.58 and 0.41, respectively.