New features in the low energy Auger spectra of the nitrides of titanium and vanadium

For Ti and V nitrides, two Auger features assigned to the M(3p)M(3d)M(3d) and M(3p)N(2p)M(3d) transitions have been previously observed in the energy range 20–40 eV. For the stoichiometric nitrides the total intensity of these features approaches zero, and this has led to a search for additional transitions responsible for the decay of the M(3p) hole. We have discovered two new features below 20 eV, and describe background subtraction …