Recent progress in high resolution resonant Auger spectroscopy in the VUV/s
oft X-ray region is discussed in some detail both from the experimental and
theoretical points of view. Some illustrative examples are presented in or
der to show the progress in the field, emphasized by recent high resolution
measurements at "the Finnish beamline", bl 51, at the MAX I synchrotron ra
diation facility. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.