Photoemission spectroscopy studies with very-high-energetic resolution
at third generation synchrotron radiation facilities open up new pers
pectives in surface science. To illustrate this, recent advances achie
ved from valence band studies will be described, i.e. investigation of
the quantized electronic states of a two-dimensional electron gas at
the InAs(110)surface. New insights gained from core level spectroscopy
in the most promising soft X-ray regime will also be, presented, i.e.
evidence of new spectral features in Si 2p studies of low index silic
on surfaces and identification of surface core level shifts in III-V s
emiconductors.