Js. Braich et al., MEASUREMENT OF M-X-RAY-PRODUCTION CROSS-SECTIONS IN GOLD BY PROTON, OXYGEN AND NICKEL ION IMPACT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 119(3), 1996, pp. 317-324
Measurements of M-shell X-ray production cross sections in Au with pro
ton, O5+ and Ni5+-ion impact have been performed. The energy of the in
cident protons range from 1 to 5 MeV, oxygen ions from 66 to 72 MeV an
d nickel ions from 58 to 87 MeV. The experimental results have been co
mpared with Be predictions of the plane wave Born approximation (PWBA)
and the perturbed stationary state theory with energy loss, Coulomb d
eflection and relativistic corrections (ECPSSR), For proton impact the
measured cross sections have been found to be in good agreement with
both these theories. With O-ion impact the ECPSSR theory underpredicts
the experimental data while the PWBA agrees fairly well, Both the the
ories, however, strongly underestimate the X-ray cross sections measur
ed with Ni-ion impact. The discrepancy between the experimentally meas
ured and theoretically calculated cross sections in case of heavy ion
impact could be due to multiple ionization which changes the values of
atomic parameters like sub-shell fluorescence yields, Coster-Kronig t
ransition probabilities and emission rates.