Abstract
The ionization of the K-shell in targets of copper, silver, dysprosium and gold was investigated with incident ion beams of proton and helium ions in the range 0.5 MeV/u to 3 MeV/u. The x-rays were detected by a HpGe detector. K-shell x-ray production cross section were determined by normalization of the x-ray yield to the incident beam flux, the Rutherford-scattered ions and the nuclear-Coulomb excited gamma ray yield. The multiple normalization procedures minimize the errors in these cross section measurements. The data are compared with the predictions of the ECPSSR theory for K-shell ionization. The atomic number dependence of these K-shell cross section is discussed.
Recommended Citation
Mehta, Rahul and Bissinger, George
(1991)
"K-Shell Ionization Measurements for Light Incident Icons,"
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 45, Article 19.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol45/iss1/19
