Charge state dependence of X ray and Auger-electron emission spectra for rare-gas atoms. III. Krypton atom M-shell

Abstract

For pt.II, see abstr. A23320 of 1971. A non-relativistic Hartree-Fock self-consistent-field procedure with spin-orbit interaction corrections has been used to investigate the effect of multiple ionization in the valence shell of the krypton atom on M and N shell binding energies and on the transition energies of M shell de-excitation processes. The study of the non-radiative relaxation mechanisms includes intra-shell Coster-Kronig and super-Coster-Kronig transitions as well as normal inter-shell Auger transitions. The predicted energies for Auger transitions have been compared with the experimental spectra available from electron impact studies. In general, with the exception of M-N1N1 discrepancies are discussed.