  We describe numerically the ionization process induced by linearly and
circularly polarized XUV attosecond laser pulses on an aligned atomic target,
specifically, the excited state
Ne$^*(1s^22s^22p^5[{}^2\text{P}^\text{o}_{1/2}]3s[^1\text{P}^o])$. We compute
the excited atomic state by applying the time-dependent restricted-active-space
self-consistent field (TD-RASSCF) method to fully account for the electronic
correlation. We find that correlation-assisted ionization channels can dominate
over channels accessible without correlation. We also observe that the rotation
of the photoelectron momentum distribution by circularly polarized laser pulses
compared to the case of linear polarization can be explained in terms of
differences in accessible ionization channels. This study shows that it is
essential to include electron correlation effects to obtain an accurate
description of the photoelectron emission dynamics from aligned excited states.
