The $K_{\alpha}L^1$, $K_{\alpha}L^2$, and $K_{\alpha}L^3$ 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, $\gamma = I(K_{\alpha}L^1)/I(K_{\alpha_{1,2}})$, $\eta = I(K_{\alpha}L^2)/I(K_{\alpha}L^1)$ and $\chi = I(K_{\alpha}L^3)/I(K_{\alpha}L^1)$, of x-ray emission $K_{\alpha_{1,2}}$, $K_{\alpha}L^1$, $K_{\alpha}L^2$, and $K_{\alpha}L^3$ 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 $K_{\alpha}$ x-ray emission has been proposed and takes into account the main channels of multiply ionized $KL^n_{2,3}$ states’ decay. As found, the probabilities of creation of $KL_{2,3}$ configuration ($P_1$), $KL^2_{2,3}$ configuration ($P_2$) and $KL^3_{2,3}$ configuration ($P_3$) monotonically decrease when bombarding-electron energy $E$ > 20 keV. The observed decrease of the $P_1$, $P_2$ and $P_3$ values can be explained by decreasing of the average energy transferred to the atom in electron–atom collision. The $P_2$ and $P_3$ 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)