From the Preface:
In the early years of the present century the study of radiationless
transitions following ionization of atoms in inner levels provided
important confirmatory evidence for the Bohr-Rutherford atom.
Later the quantitative interpretation of transition rates for these
processes constituted not the least of the many spectacular achievements
of quantum mechanics.
The importance of Auger transitions in the detailed interpretation
of X-ray spectra is now generally recognized. Interest in the
subject has recently been renewed in connexion with the study of
artificial radioactivity and of the possibility of the production of
inner shell ionization by the processes of K capture and the internal
conversion of y radiation.
The present work aims at giving a reasonably complete discussion
of the Auger Effect. But owing to its close relationship
to the Auger Effect it was felt that a discussion of the internal
conversion of y-radiation would also fit naturally into the framework
of the present book. Owing to the rapid rate of development
it is difficult to be up-to-date in this field, but it is hoped
that Chapter v gives a fairly complete picture of the position up
to December 1950.
Author(s): E.H.S. Burhop
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1952
Language: English
Pages: XIV; 188
City: Cambridge
Title Page
General Preface
Contents
Explanation of Plates
Author's Preface
CHAPTER I - Introductory
CHAPTER II - The Theory of the Auger Effect
CHAPTER III - The Experimental Study of the Auger Effect
CHAPTER IV - The Auger Effect and X-ray Spectra
CHAPTER V - The Internal Conversion of y-Rays
CHAPTER VI - Internal Conversion Processes in the Creation and Annihilation of Electron Pairs
CHAPTER VII - The Auger Effect in Meson Capture
CHAPTER VIII - Radiationless Transitions in Atomic and Molecular Spectra
References
Index
