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Title: X-ray fluorescence/Auger-electron coincidence spectroscopy of vacancy cascades in atomic argon

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/515606· OSTI ID:515606
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  1. National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Electron and Optical Physics Div.
  2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Physics Div.
  3. E.P.S.R.C. Daresbury Lab., Warrington (United Kingdom)

Argon L{sub 2.3}-M{sub 2.3}M{sub 2.3} Auger-electron spectra were measured in coincidence with K{alpha} fluorescent x-rays in studies of Ar K-shell vacancy decays at several photon energies above the K-threshold and on the 1s-4p resonance in atomic argon. The complex spectra recorded by conventional electron spectroscopy are greatly simplified when recorded in coincidence with fluorescent x-rays, allowing a more detailed analysis of the vacancy cascade process. The resulting coincidence spectra are compared with Hartree-Fock calculations which include shake-up transitions in the resonant case. Small energy shifts of the coincidence electron spectra are attributed to post-collision interaction with 1s photoelectrons.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
515606
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/PP-91911; ON: DE97008265; TRN: 97:018417
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English