K-SHELL X-RAY PRODUCTION FOR FLUORINE IONS ON TARGET ELEMENTS TI TO LA

The production of target atom K-shell X-rays has been studied for 2 to 28 MeV fluorine ions incident on thin solid targets of 14 elements with atomic numbers Z2=22 to 57. Total X-ray production cross sections, energy shifts of Kα and Kβ lines and Kα/Kβ intensity ratios were measured with a Si(Li) detector. The results of cross section measurements are compared with theoretical predictions of inner shell ionization. In most cases, satisfactory agreement between measured cross sections and theoretical Coulomb ionization cross sections, corrected for the perturbation of the target atom by the projectile charge and for relativistic effects, was obtained. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.