Spin resolved resonant photoemission using circularly polarized light has b
een performed on thick gamma-Ce films and the measured photoelectrons show
a high degree of polarization in agreement with a simple model calculation.
The two near Fermi edge features are shown to influence the polarization s
pectrum in opposite directions, as intuitively expected for states with opp
osite spin-orbit alignment. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reser
ved.