Auger-electron study of correlation effects in $5s^{0}5p^6$ and $5s^{1}5p^5$ configurations of xenon

The $4d^9\to 5s^{0}5p^6$, $4d^9\to 5s^{1}5p^5$, and $4d^9\to 5s^{2}5p^4$ Auger transitions of xenon have been studied both experimentally and theoretically. Final states of these transitions are found to be affected by strong electron correlation effects. Results from Auger-electron spectra are compared with the corresponding results of optical spectroscopy and with the theoretical estimates based on Dirac-Fock multiconfiguration computations.