Dependence of relative intensity of L1 sub-shell X-rays on ion beam energy

Abstract

In a previous work, it was shown that L shell X-ray yields relative to the Lα transition depend on the irradiation ion beam energy and the chemical species being irradiated [M.A. Reis, P.C. Chaves, J.C. Soares, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 239 (2005) 413]. Further studies give rise to the possibility that this dependence persists for transitions to the same sub-shell, where the ionization process is expected to play no role [P.C. Chaves, M.A. Reis, in: Miloš Budnar, Matjaž Kavčič (Eds.), Proceedings (CD) of the Tenth International Conference on Particle Induced X-ray Emission and its Analytical Application, 4–8 June, Portorož – Slovenia, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 2004, p. 810]. In the present work, very high counting statistics (>4×106 counts in the peak) W–L spectra collected using a Si(Li) detector and Mo–L spectra obtained using the high resolution Johanson type crystal spectrometer from the Josef Stefan Institute were studied. In the case of Mo, an ultra pure Mo metal foil was used to avoid any possible target contamination and spectra were obtained for proton beam energies between 0.4 and 2.0MeV. In the case of the W spectra, proton beam energies between 1.40 and 2.38MeV were used. Normalizing to the theoretical yield ratios and plotting results as a function of the reduced velocity allows a single curve to be drawn for both cases. In this communication the results obtained are presented and discussed.