On the production of X-rays by low energy ion beams

被引:8
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作者
Joy, David C. [1 ]
Meyer, Harry M., III
Bolorizadeh, Mehdi
Lin, Yinghong
Newbury, Dale
机构
[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[2] Univ Tennessee, Electron Beam Lab, Knoxville, TN USA
[3] Natl Inst Sci & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD USA
关键词
fluorescent X-rays; electrons; ions;
D O I
10.1002/sca.20002
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Although electron beams with energies of a few keV can excite fluorescent X-ray production from solids, ion beams of comparable energy cannot do so. The reason for this situation is that it is the velocity of the incident particle, rather than its energy, which determines whether an ionization event can be generated.
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