The KαL1, KαL2, and KαL3 X-Ray Emission of Aluminium under Electron Impact
M. A. M. Al-Omari, M. O. Borovyi
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., UA-01033 Kyiv, Ukraine
Received: 05.02.2018. Download: PDF
The relative intensities, γ=I(KαL1)/I(Kα1,2), η=I(KαL2)/I(KαL1) and χ=I(KαL3)/I(KαL1), of x-ray emission Kα1,2, KαL1, KαL2, and KαL3 lines’ groups of aluminium are experimentally studied under the excitation by electron impact in the range of accelerating voltages U= 4.5–100 kV. The model of Kα x-ray emission has been proposed and takes into account the main channels of multiply ionized KLn2,3 states’ decay. As found, the probabilities of creation of KL2,3 configuration (P1), KL22,3 configuration (P2) and KL32,3 configuration (P3) monotonically decrease when bombarding-electron energy E > 20 keV. The observed decrease of the P1, P2 and P3 values can be explained by decreasing of the average energy transferred to the atom in electron–atom collision. The P2 and P3 probabilities significantly exceed (by 1.6 to 2.5 times) their values predicted within the shake-off approximation of simultaneous independent ejecting of two and three 2p electrons that indicates a significant role of the 2p–2p electron correlations in KL^n_{2,3} ionization processes. As shown, the P_{21} = P_{2}/P_{1} and P_{31} = P_{3}/P_{1} ratios are practically constant in the whole range of accelerating voltages and are the parameters characterizing the values of 2p–2p electron correlations.
Key words: K_{\alpha} x-ray emission, multiply ionized KL^n_{2,3} states, 2p–2p electron correlations.
URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v40/i05/0585.html
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.40.05.0585
PACS: 32.30.Rj, 32.80.Zb, 34.80.Dp, 78.70.En, 79.20.Ap, 79.20.Kz
Citation: M. A. M. Al-Omari and M. O. Borovyi, The K_{\alpha}L^1, K_{\alpha}L^2, and K_{\alpha}L^3 X-Ray Emission of Aluminium under Electron Impact, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 40, No. 5: 585—592 (2018)