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Physical parameters for atomic inner‐shell photoionization processes and analytical applications: a status report
Author(s) -
Puri Sanjiv
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/xrs.1346
Subject(s) - photoionization , vacancy defect , auger , atomic physics , l shell , radiative transfer , shell (structure) , auger effect , electron shell , atomic number , physics , chemistry , ion , materials science , ionization , optics , quantum mechanics , condensed matter physics , earth's magnetic field , magnetic field , composite material
Abstract The atomic inner‐shell vacancy decay processes comprising of radiative and non‐radiative transitions are characterized by the physical parameters, namely, the photoionization cross‐sections; X‐ray, Auger and Coster–Kronig (CK) transition rates; fluorescence and CK yields; and the vacancy transfer probabilities. These parameters are required to calculate the K‐shell and L i ( i = 1–3)/M i ( i = 1–5) sub‐shell X‐ray production cross‐sections and relative intensities which, in turn, are needed for different analytical applications. This report intended to provide a detailed account of the currently available data sets of different physical parameters for use in various analytical applications. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.