Abstract
An alternative method for taking into account correlation effects in the calculation of Auger decay rates is presented here. This approach, which generalizes a technique recently proposed by the authors [Phys. Rev. A 39, 6247 (1989)], is based on the coupling of final ionic states and decay channels and has been applied to the construction of a ‘‘theoretical’’ Auger spectrum of the LiF molecule in which transitions also due to shakeoff and shakeup processes are taken into account.