TY - BOOK AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Angle and Spin Resolved Auger Emission: Theory and Applications to Atoms and Molecules T2 - Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, SN - 9783540746300 AV - Libro electrónico U1 - 539 23 PY - 2009/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Physics KW - Molecular structure KW - Physical optics KW - Engineering KW - Surfaces (Physics) KW - Atomic and Molecular Structure and Spectra KW - Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices KW - Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films KW - Engineering, general N1 - to Angle and Spin Resolved Auger Emission -- Theory -- Numerical Methods -- Applications and Examples -- Molecular Auger Processes -- Conclusion and Outlook; ZDB-2-PHA N2 - The Auger effect must be interpreted as the radiationless counterpart of photoionization and is usually described within a two-step model. Angle and spin resolved Auger emission physics deals with the theoretical and numerical description, analysis and interpretation of such types of experiments on free atoms and molecules. This monograph derives the general theory applying the density matrix formalism and, in terms of irreducible tensorial sets, so called state multipoles and order parameters, for parameterizing the atomic and molecular systems, respectively. Propensity rules and non-linear dependencies between the angular distribution and spin polarization parameters are included in the discussion. The numerical approaches utilizing relativistic distorted wave (RDWA), multiconfigurational Dirac-Fock (MCDF), and Greens operator methods are described. These methods are discussed and applied to theoretical predictions, numerical results and experimental data for a variety of atomic systems, especially the rare gases, and to simple molecules. The book was written for graduate and post-graduate students and researchers working in this field and/or trying to get a closer insight into the theoretical description of multistep scattering processes in atomic and molecular physics UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74630-0 ER -