The 1s electrons of Ne have been ionized and excited to np (n=3,4,. . .) Rydberg levels using monochromatized synchrotron radiation of mean energy 865 eV. The Auger spectrum resulting from the excited 1$s^1$2$s^2$2$p^6$3p state has been studied both experimentally and theoretically by carrying out a detailed comparison with the spectrum resulting from the ionized 1$s^1$2$s^2$2$p^6$ state. General agreement between the theoretical and experimental results is very good.

• Received 13 September 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.39.3401