Js. Braich et al., MEASUREMENT OF L-X-RAY-INTENSITY RATIOS IN TANTALUM BY PROTON AND SI-ION IMPACT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 111(1-2), 1996, pp. 22-26
The L iota, L beta(1,4,6), L beta(2,15,3), L gamma(1), L gamma(2,3,6)
and L gamma(4,4), X-ray intensities relative to the L alpha, caused by
the impact of protons of energy 1 to 4.6 MeV and Si-ions of 70 to 98
MeV on Ta targets, have been measured, The results show that the inten
sity ratios drop significantly for all transitions except L gamma(2,3,
6)/L alpha with Si-ions of the same energy/amu as compared to those of
protons. The experimental results have been compared with those based
on the ECPSSR theoretical values. From the energy shift and change in
the intensity ratios of various transitions caused by Si-ion impact,
the number of outer shell vacancies in the M, N and O-shells simultane
ous to that of L-shell have been estimated.