A note on the projectile charge dependence of inner shell ionisation of atoms by heavy charged particles

Abstract

The formula for the binding of the electron to the impinging projectile in inner shell ionization of atoms by heavy charged particles in the static approximation, are generalized to arbitrary electron wavefunctions. The effect is calculated for K-shell electrons using relativistic wavefunctions. A qualitative difference in the impact parameter dependency of the effect between light and heavy target are found.