Xenon spectator and diagram L-3-M4,5M4,5 Auger intensities near the L-3 threshold

Calculations based on the theory of radiationless resonant Raman scattering are employed in the interpretation of new Xe L-3-M4,5M4,5 Auger spectra recorded using synchrotron radiation tuned to energies across the L-3 edge. Fits of theoretical line shapes to the spectra are employed in separating intensities due to nd spectator (resonant) and diagram Auger processes. Near-threshold Anger intensity, previously attributed to diagram decay, is found to be due to the large-n spectator lines that result from postcollision-interaction-induced ''recapture'' of threshold photoelectrons to nd orbitals.