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J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 48, Number C9, Décembre 1987
X-Ray and Inner-Shell ProcessesVol. 1 |
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| Page(s) | C8-665 - C8-668 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19879115 | |
Vol. 1
J. Phys. Colloques 48 (1987) C8-665-C8-668
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19879115
TWO ELECTRON, ONE PHOTON TRANSITION PROBABILITY IN Al FOLLOWLNG DOUBLE K-SHELL IONIZATION BY ELECTRON IMPACT
A. KUMAR1, J. AUERHAMMER2, H. GENZ3 and A. RICHTER21 California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, U.S.A.
2 Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, D-6100 Darmstadt, F.R.G.
3 Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, D-6100 Darmstadt, F.R.G.
Abstract
The decay possibilities of atoms with two K-shell vacancies have been studied by bombarding a thin (465 µg/cm2) Al target with electrons of E0= 20 keV. Besides the more cornmon probability involving a sequential decay, that leads to a K-2+ K-1L-1 transition with the emission of a Kα hypersatellite X ray - called one-electron, one-photon transition (OEOP) -, we have also investigated the weak correlated two-electron, one-photon transition (TEOP) by spectroscopy of the emitted X rays using a high resolution crystal spectrometer. The two transitions were recorded with different crystals always relative to the intensity to the Kα line which originates from a single K-shell vacancy. The branching-ratio BR = TEOP/OEOP was found to be BR = (1. 2±0.74)10-3, which is in qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions and close to previous heavy-ion induced experiments.