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New results of spin polarization of both photoelectrons and Auger electrons are reported after 5p photoionization of free Ba atoms with circularly polarized light. A substantial polarization transfer from the spin polarized photons to the spin polarized photoelectrons and via the hole state orientation to the spin polarized Auger-electrons is observed. The cross comparison of the results for photoelectrons and Auger-electrons allows a quantitative test of the assumed two step model where both electron-emission processes occur in sequence.
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Kuntze, R., Salzmann, M., Böwering, N. et al. Spin polarization of Auger- and of photoelectrons from barium atoms exposed to circularly polarized radiation and their cross comparison. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 30, 235–237 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01426080
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