F. Xu et al., ION-INDUCED ATOMIC-LIKE LMM AND L2MM AUGER-ELECTRON EMISSION FROM MG,AL, SI, AND MGXAL1-X - ROLE OF SYMMETRICAL AND ASYMMETRIC COLLISIONS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 48(14), 1993, pp. 9987-9994
We present a detailed study on Auger-electron emission from sputtered
light-target atomic species (Mg, Al, and Si) with one and two initial
2p core vacancies by low-energy (2-15 keV) noble-gas-ion bombardment o
n elemental and MgxAl1-x alloy samples. We show that the Al atomic LMM
peak shape varies sensitively with primary energy for Ar+ but not for
Ne+, Kr+, and Xe+ projectiles, that the high-energy spectral regions
of all three elements consist of many previously unresolved atomic lin
e structures, and that the L2MM-to-LMM intensity ratio depends on both
primary ion energy and incidence. angle. Adiabatic molecular-orbital
correlation diagrams are also computed for describing the 2p core-elec
tron promotion. Our results clearly show the differences in contributi
ons of symmetric and asymmetric collisions to single and double inner-
shell-electron excitation in different systems.