Theoretical investigation of the sulphur K-LL auger energies and chemical shifts in a series of sulphur compounds

Two series of investigations are reported on LL double-hole states of molecules containing sulphur. First the results on the LL double ionization potentials and K-LL Auger energies of H₂S and SO₂ show that the use of a frozen-orbital approximation is preferable to SCF methods for calculation of chemical shifts in K-LL Auger energies and LL ionization potentials. Secondly chemical shifts of K-LL Auger energies of a series of model molecules H₂S, H₂SO₄, H₄SO₂ and H₂SO₂ are correlated with the formal oxidation state of sulphur. This correlation gives a shift of 12 eV in Auger energy per formal charge on sulphur.