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Atomic Excitation and Ionization Accompanying Orbital Electron Capture by Nuclei

H. Primakoff and F. T. Porter

  • Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Phys. Rev. 89, 930 – Published 1 March, 1953

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.89.930

Abstract

The process of atomic excitation and ionization accompanying orbital electron capture by nuclei is treated on the basis of the general theory of β-decay using a configuration space representation for both nucleons and leptons. Quantitative expressions are obtained (a) for the total number of double holes produced in the K-shell due to K-capture accompanied by excitation or ejection of the other K-electron [Eq. (15)], and (b) for the total probability of electron ejection in orbital electron capture together with the ejected electron momentum spectrum [Eqs. (17)-(18)]. A discussion is given of the possibilities of experimental verification of the theory developed.

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