J. Chaboy et al., INFLUENCE OF DOUBLE-ELECTRON TRANSITIONS ON THE EXAFS L EDGES OF RARE-EARTH SYSTEMS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 49(17), 1994, pp. 11652-11661
This work presents an x-ray-absorption study at the L edges of several
rare-earth compounds. In both L1-edge and L3-edge spectra, anomalous
features are clearly detected in the EXAFS region and have been associ
ated with the creation of 2s4d and 2p4d double-core hole states, respe
ctively. Comparison of theoretical calculations with the experiments a
re carried out using the results of explicit computation of cross sect
ions for the allowed mainline (L edge) and double-electron (LN4,5 edge
s) which identify the transitions expected to be observable. In additi
on, the excitation energies of all of these allowed transitions are gi
ven. The influence of multielectron transitions on the EXAFS data anal
ysis is discussed for several rare-earth-based systems. An estimate of
the error introduced by neglecting the presence of double-electron tr
ansitions on coordination numbers and bond distances is given, based o
n these experimental data.