Resonant photoemission at the 2p edges of ni: Resonant raman and interference effects

Unambiguous evidence for resonant photoemission in Ni is presented. Interference effects are identified at the 2p edges for the valence band and the 6 eV satellite. A rapid transition from a resonant Raman to an Auger-like regime shows that the core-excited states above threshold are not localized enough to significantly enhance the photoemission intensity, implying a large fraction of incoherent intensity. The results indicate that the appearance of interference effects does not require strong localization of the intermediate state. © 1997 American Physical Society.