Crystal Spectroscopy for Kα X-rays from Silicon Bombarded with Protons and Alpha Particles

Abstract

An automated Bragg spectrometer in which an organic electron multiplier is employed as an X-ray detector has been designed, and the Kₐ diagram and satellite X-rays from silicon bombarded with hydrogen and helium ions at MeV energies have been analyzed. The procedures of deriving the ionization cross sections from the satellite intensities are described. The multiple KL" ionization cross sections are compared with the theoretical binomial distribution, which means a statistical superposition of single ionizations.