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Phys. Rev. A 74, 022718 (2006) [9 pages]

Systematics of Kα x-ray satellite structure

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V. Horvat*, R. L. Watson, and Yong Peng
Cyclotron Institute and Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3366, USA

Received 11 June 2006; published 17 August 2006

Spectra of K x rays emitted from a variety of solid targets (atomic number Z2=17–32) under bombardment by fast heavy ions (atomic number Z1=6–83) at 2.5–25 MeV∕amu were measured in high resolution using a curved crystal spectrometer. The spectra were analyzed in order to examine the dependence of Kα x-ray satellite structure on the Geometrical Model’s universal variable Xn. Scaling rules were established for the apparent average L-shell spectator vacancy fraction at the time of Kα x-ray emission, the satellite peak centroids, and the satellite peak widths.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.022718
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.74.022718
PACS:
34.50.Fa, 32.30.Rj

*Electronic address: V-Horvat@tamu.edu