  We propose a general technique to retrieve the information of
dipole-forbidden resonances in the autoionizing region. In the simulation, a
helium atom is pumped by an isolated attosecond pulse in the extreme
ultraviolet (EUV) combined with a few-femtosecond laser pulse. The excited wave
packet consists of the $^1S$, $^1P$, and $^1D$ states, including the background
continua, near the $2s2p(^1P)$ doubly excited state. The resultant electron
spectra with various laser intensities and time delays between the EUV and
laser pulses are obtained by a multilevel model and an ab initio time-dependent
Schr\"odinger equation calculation. By taking the ab initio calculation as a
"virtual measurement", the dipole-forbidden resonances are characterized by the
multilevel model. We found that in contrast to the common assumption, the
nonresonant coupling between the continua plays a significant role in the
time-delayed electron spectra, which shows the correlation effect between
photoelectrons before they leave the core. This technique takes the advantages
of ultrashort pulses uniquely and would be a timely test for the current
attosecond technology.
