Transition Potential Models for Auger Electron Spectra

Abstract
Three models for predicting chemical shifts of Auger electron lines are presented. A relation between binding energy chemical shifts and Auger shifts is deduced. The difference in relaxation energy between the Auger and ordinary photoionization process is explicitly included in the analysis. Ambiguities in the use of equivalent cores potential models are pointed out and removed. Computational schemes are proposed and illustrated.