Fluorescence and Other Yields of the L<sub>II</sub> Shell in Pu
L Salgueiro; J G Ferreira; J J H Park; M A S Ross
Журнал:
Proceedings of the Physical Society
Дата:
1961-03-01
Аннотация:
A study has been made of the L x-radiations emitted after the disintegration of <sup>242</sup>Cm to determine, as accurately as possible, the fluorescence and other yields of the L<sub>II</sub> sub-shell in Pu. Observations have been made (i) on the total intensity per disintegration of the L x-rays by observing the L x-ray photons in coincidence with α-particles from <sup>242</sup>Cm, (ii) on the relative intensity of the L x-rays from the L<sub>II</sub> and L<sub>III</sub> sub-shells. The sensitivity of the curved crystal spectrograph used for the latter observations had previously been determined.The experimental results are: fluorescence yield ω<sub>2</sub>=0.413 ± 0.02, Coster-Kronig yield f<sub>23</sub>=0.22 ± 0.08, and Auger yield a<sub>2</sub>=0.37 ± 0.08. The total fluorescence yield of the L shells is ω=0.486 ± 0.01. The values of ω<sub>2</sub> and ω are independent of previous work on fluorescence yields, but for the distribution of yields between f<sub>23</sub> and a<sub>2</sub> it was necessary to use an extrapolated value of ω<sub>3</sub>.
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