Reply to ''Comment on 'Relation between copper L x-ray fluorescence and 2p x-ray photoelectron spectroscopies' ''

Ohno's preceding Comment [Phys. Rev. B 52, 6127 (1995)] was based on experimental raw spectra of copper L x-ray emission. The Cu L x-ray emission spectra were, however, heavily smeared by the self-absorption effect, which was a source of contradiction. The electronic structure of divalent copper oxide was calculated placing one core hole and two 3d holes, with the result that the spectator 3d holes were delocalized in the adiabatic limit. This implies that the spectator 3d hole produced by the L1,2L3M4,5 Coster-Kronig transition preceding the L3-M x-ray emission will be mostly delocalized at the time of the L3-M x-ray emission, and thus the spectator satellite will be weaker than is expected for the free atom. Ohno did not consider this delocalization, which was another source of contradiction