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Schematic drawing of the electronic excitation from Au LIII edge into unoccupied states above the Fermi level (left part: metallic Au, right oxidic Au). The vertical green line in the right part represents transitions leading to pronounced “white lines” at the absorption edge. For metallic Au, this transition is not possible since all Au 5d states are occupied.
