Partial Probabilities of X-Ray Bremsstrahlung Transitions

• Authors: R. Nietubyć , E. Sobczak , A S̆imůnek , J Vackár̆ , O S̆ipr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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High-energy electrons bombarding a solid produce X-ray bremsstrahlung radiation, which is one of few elementary processes occurring during electron-solid interactions. Photon emission results from electron transition to an unoccupied electron state above the Fermi level. In this work matrix elements of X-ray bremsstrahlung transitions were calculated for solids containing elements from N (Z=7) to Pd (Z=46) and photon energies 1487 eV and 5415 eV. It was found that in the case of light elements the X-ray bremsstrahlung transitions to s-type final states dominate over all other symmetries. It was also shown that X-ray bremsstrahlung transition probabilities increase with decreasing photon energy and increasing atomic number Z. Dependence of X-ray bremsstrahlung transition probabilities on the electron final state energy is also presented in this work.

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• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1997
• Volume: 91
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 841-846

Dates

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1997-05

Contributors

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R. Nietubyć

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland

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E. Sobczak

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland

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A S̆imůnek

• Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnicka 10, 16200 Prague, Czech Republic

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J Vackár̆

• Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnicka 10, 16200 Prague, Czech Republic

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O S̆ipr

• Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Cukrovarnicka 10, 16200 Prague, Czech Republic