High-resolution VUV and soft x-ray photoemission spectroscopy of solids at HiSOR

High-resolution photoemission spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation provides us with wider opportunity to examine electronic states of solids such as band dispersion around a certain Brillouin zone, contribution of each wave function that constructs valence bands, and symmetry of initial states. A 700-MeV electron-storage ring (HiSOR) in Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center has two undulator beamlines, that are used for high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy of solids. In this report, we describe present status of the beamlines (BL-1 and BL-9) and photoemission experimental stations. Some recent results from the beamlines are described. (author)